Letter from Edmonia Lewis, Rome, to Maria Weston Chapman, May 3'd, [1868?]

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Title:
Letter from Edmonia Lewis, Rome, to Maria Weston Chapman, May 3'd, [1868?]
Author:
Lewis, Edmonia
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
[May 3, 1868?]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Lewis, Edmonia
Sewall, Samuel E. (Samuel Edmund), 1799-1888
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 7 1/4 x 4 3/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/7s75f449r
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Rome
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Included, is both the original manuscript and a typed transcript.
Edmonia Lewis is distressed because no one has written her about her group of sculptures, "Forever free." She wants to know what has become of it and if Mr. [Samuel Edmund?] Sewall has the money for it yet, as she is in great financial need. Lewis writes: "What little money I had I put all in that work with my heart." She requests that Mrs. Chapman see Mr. Sewall and ask him if he has been paid the $800 and to send her the money.
Identifier:
3133108
Call #:
Ms.A.4.6A v.2, p.37B
Barcode:
39999066789114
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