Incomplete letter from Maria Weston Chapman, 11th day out [to sea], Nov. 20th, [1855?], Tuesday morning

Title:: Incomplete letter from Maria Weston Chapman, 11th day out [to sea], Nov. 20th, [1855?], Tuesday morning
Author:: Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:: [November 20, 1855?]
Format:: Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:: Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):: Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:: Abolitionists--New York (State)--New York
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
National anti-slavery standard
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
New York > New York
Extent:: 1 leaf (4 p.) ; 8 x 5 1/2 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/7s75fm89m
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Place of origin:: 11th day out [to sea]
Language:: English
Notes:: Holograph.
Half of the last page of this letter was torn off.
Maria Weston Chapman writes about the weather, the food, and the people she met on a ship going to Europe. She met a young man named Palmer from N. York City, who said that the anti-slavery sentiment had increased. Chapman reminisces about the organization of the anti-slavery society in that city, and the hiring of Oliver Johnson as the editor of the National Anti-Slavery Standard. She quotes Harriet Martineau on the definition of genius.
Identifier:: 2801016
Call #:: Ms.A.9.2 v.6, p.29
Barcode:: 39999063100935
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