Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Paris, [France], to Caroline Weston, 7th April

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Paris, [France], to Caroline Weston, 7th April
Addressee:
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Author:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
[ca. 1832–1867]
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
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Dexter, Franklin, 1793-1857
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
4 leaves (8 p.) ; 8 1/8 x 5 1/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/7s75fn76r
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 describes meeting Franklin Dexter in Paris. She talked to him about spiritualism, magnetism, international relations, and abolition. The letter gives her arguments with Dexter practically verbatim.
This letter is in bad condition, with many illegible words.
Identifier:
3132852
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.6, p.44B
Barcode:
39999063103558
mq8390180