Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, [Cap Haitien, Haiti], to Elizabeth Bates Chapman Laugel, March 14th, [1841?]

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, [Cap Haitien, Haiti], to Elizabeth Bates Chapman Laugel, March 14th, [1841?]
Addressee:
Laugel, Elizabeth Bates Chapman, b. 1831
Author:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
[March 14, 1841?]
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
Laugel, Elizabeth Bates Chapman, b. 1831
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 5 x 3 7/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/7s75fh911
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[Cap Haitien, Haiti]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Maria Weston Chapman writes to her daughter, Elizabeth Bates Chapman [Laugel]: "We have but 7 weeks or so to be absent, which is but a short time. Meanwhile, I want you to study diligently, & be careful to behave with discretion ...a child always appears better still & silent, than talking. ..."
Identifier:
3132936
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.5, p.26A
Barcode:
39999063099376
mq8430654