Letter from William Cooper Nell, Boston, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman and John Pierpont, Nov'b 5th, 1839

Item Information

Title:
Letter from William Cooper Nell, Boston, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman and John Pierpont, Nov'b 5th, 1839
Author:
Nell, William C. (William Cooper), 1816-1874
Addressee:
Pierpont, John, 1785-1866
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
November 5, 1839
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
Nell, William C. (William Cooper), 1816-1874
Pierpont, John, 1785-1866
Adelphic Union
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/7s75fr397
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Boston, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
On pages 1-2 of this manuscript, there is a letter from William Cooper Nell to Maria Weston Chapman. Nell presents a request from the Committee of the Adelphic Union [of colored people] that Mrs. Chapman deliver a lecture about the value and necessity of cultivating a taste for knowledge. Miss [Sarah M.?] Grimke previously lectured to the Adelphic Union.
On page 3 of this manuscript, there is a letter from Maria Weston Chapman to John Pierpont. For want of time, Maria W. Chapman has been unable to comply with Mr. William C. Nell's request to present a lecture. Chapman entreats John Pierpont "in behalf of these excellent persons" to deliver the desired lecture.
Identifier:
3132910
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.12, p.77
Barcode:
39999063099061
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