Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Elizabeth Pease Nichol, 1867 August 11

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Title:
Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Elizabeth Pease Nichol, 1867 August 11
Description:
Richard Davis Webb writes to Elizabeth Pease Nichol that since he received her last "very welcome, kind & interesting letter" and had not acknowledged it sooner, he is afraid that she may think him "unmannered & neglectful." He thanks Nichol for being kind to his friends "when the Garrisons came to Edinburgh" and notes he has received letters from Mrs. [Fanny Garrison] Villard and Frank [Garrison], William Lloyd Garrison's children. Webb then discusses his desire to go to the United States but "dreads the idea of an American winter" and considers going to Paris to the International Anti-Slavery Conference "to see something more of our dear friends - the glorious father & his two charming children." In the postscript, Webb describes the Garrison's plans to attend the conference in Paris "then go to Switzerland & remain during September - & lastly return to England for October and go home by the last Cunard that sails in that month."
Author:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Addressee:
Nichol, Elizabeth Pease, 1807-1897
Date:
August 11, 1867
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--Great Britain--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--Ireland--19th century--Correspondence
Women abolitionists--Great Britain--History--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists
Women abolitionists
Nichol, Elizabeth Pease, 1807-1897
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Garrison, Francis Jackson, 1848-1916
Villard, Fanny Garrison, 1844-1928
Anti-slavery Conference (1867 : Paris, France)
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
United Kingdom
Ireland
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 17 cm. + 1 envelope (7 x 12 cm.)
Permalink:
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Place of origin:
Dublin, [Ireland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
The folder contains a stamped envelope addressed to "Miss Nicholl Huntley Lodge Edinburgh" and includes a one penny, "penny red," postage stamp featuring Queen Victoria. The envelope is stamped "Dublin X Au 12 67", and on verso is postmarked with another stamp reading "30 Edinburgh Au 13 67".
Identifier:
5109520
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.35, p.114A
Barcode:
39999085427035