Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Paris, [France], to Caroline Weston, 20th Nov. [1852?]

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Paris, [France], to Caroline Weston, 20th Nov. [1852?]
Addressee:
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Author:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
[November 20, 1852?]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Anti-slavery fairs
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Lang, Daniel
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/7s75fh43c
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Paris, [France]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed with initials.
Maria Weston Chapman begins with a discussion of the difficulties of sending a box containing items to be sold at the anti-slavery fair and her own traveling plans. She gives detailed instructions about customs and transportation, etc. She mentions a black man, Daniel Lang, who is in favor of colonization. Lang has gone to Bristol.
Identifier:
3132917
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.4, p.89
Barcode:
39999063099111
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