Letter from Nathaniel B. Borden, Washington City. [District of Columbia], to John Anderson Collins and Maria Weston Chapman, 1841 Dec[ember] 11

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Title:
Letter from Nathaniel B. Borden, Washington City. [District of Columbia], to John Anderson Collins and Maria Weston Chapman, 1841 Dec[ember] 11
Description:
Nathaniel B. Borden writes to Maria Weston Chapman in regards to the assertion that abolitionists are increasing in numbers and that the slaveholders realize it. The reports of the secretaries of the navy and war departments accompanying the president's message ask for increased protection for that part of the country, which is weak because of its "peculiar institutions." He sends Maria $10 to be used "at your own discretion in promoting...emancipation." He gives in detail an account of the votes taken in Congress upon the question of revising rules of the past Congress, counting the votes by "free states" and by parties.
Author:
Borden, Nathaniel B., 1801-1865
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Addressee:
Collins, John A. (John Anderson), 1810-1879
Date:
December 11, 1841
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Women abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Congresses--United States--History--19th century
Slavery--Political aspects--United States--History--19th century
Slavery--United States--Legal status of slaves in free states--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Women social reformers--United States
Congresses and conventions
Slavery--United States--Legal status of enslaved persons in free states
Slavery--Washington (D.C.)
Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States
Borden, Nathaniel B., 1801-1865
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 26 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z110v60v
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Washington City. [District of Columbia]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5977932
Call #:
MS A.9.2, v.15, p.115
Barcode:
39999085845087