Letter from Charles Turner Torrey, Templeton, [Massachusetts], to Maria Weston Chapman, 1839 Nov[ember] 12

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Title:
Letter from Charles Turner Torrey, Templeton, [Massachusetts], to Maria Weston Chapman, 1839 Nov[ember] 12
Description:
Charles Turner Torrey writes to Maria Weston Chapman in regards to his belief that the letters from which extracts have been printed in her book, "Right and Wrong in Massachusetts" are forgeries. He writes, "I have repeatedly declared them to be such, to the least of my knowledge and belief, in public and in private, at the same time fully exhonorating you from the guilt of the deed." He asks her to transmit any of these letters to him while retaining certified copies for herself and if she does not have these letters, he asks if she has seen them or if these "extracts" were communicated to her in writing, or verbally. He asks her if she could divulge the names of those who showed these letters to her if they are not in her possession. He believes he knows the "guilty authors of this deed." He refers to an imputation, by Oliver Johnson, that there was the author of a letter resembling those quoted that he has publicly denied. He criticizes her for publishing these letters without consulting Samuel Joseph May or himself.
Author:
Torrey, Charles T. (Charles Turner), 1813-1846
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
November 12, 1839
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century--Correspondence
Women social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Newspapers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Publishing--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Women social reformers--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Publishers and publishing
Torrey, Charles T. (Charles Turner), 1813-1846
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 26 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z110m505
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Templeton, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5950865
Call #:
MS A.9.2 v.12, p,83
Barcode:
39999085843140