Letter from Eliza Fuller Gill, Fitchburg, [Massachusetts], to Maria Weston Chapman, 1840 Sept[ember] 2

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Title:
Letter from Eliza Fuller Gill, Fitchburg, [Massachusetts], to Maria Weston Chapman, 1840 Sept[ember] 2
Description:
Eliza Fuller Gill writes to Maria Weston Chapman in regards to her unsuccessful plan to promote the "contribution plan." She complains that "something could have been done had it not been for the spirit diffused among us by a pro-slavery and woman degrading clergy." She would like any encouraging news relating to Sarah Moore Grimke and her sister.
Author:
Gill, Eliza Fuller
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
September 2, 1840
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
Women abolitionists--United States
Women social reformers--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Slavery and the church--United States
Gill, Eliza Fuller
Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879
Grimké, Sarah, 1792-1873
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 26 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z110q50s
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Fitchburg, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5974461
Call #:
MS A.9.2 v.14, p.15
Barcode:
39999085843413