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Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, [Boston?, Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, [1844?]

Title:: Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, [Boston?, Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, [1844?]
Author:: Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Addressee:: Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:: [1844?]
Format:: Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:: Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):: Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:: Anti-slavery petitions
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Texas--History--Republic, 1836-1846
Garrison, William Lloyd, Jr., 1838-1909
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:: 2 leaves (3 p.) ; 9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/7s75fh288
Terms of Use:: No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.

Place of origin:: [Boston?, Mass.]
Language:: English
Notes:: Holograph.
Maria Weston Chapman sends William Lloyd Garrison "a copy of a carefully made list of the petitions which have passed through the hands of the committee of the Boston Female A.S.S. [Anti-Slavery Society]." The petition is against the annexation of Texas, with the number of signers of each petition. The petitions are designated by the name of the town in which they were circulated.
There is a separate, undated letter from Maria Weston Chapman to William Lloyd Garrison. As secretary of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society, Chapman is sending Garrison a copy of resolutions.
Identifier:: 3132967
Call #:: Ms.A.9.2 v.4, p.41 (A & B)
Barcode:: 39999063099780
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