Letter from Henry Grafton Chapman, Boston, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston, 26 dec. 1840

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Title:
Letter from Henry Grafton Chapman, Boston, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston, 26 dec. 1840
Author:
Chapman, Henry Grafton, 1804-1842
Addressee:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Date:
December 26, 1840
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, Deborah, b. 1814
Chapman, Henry Grafton, 1804-1842
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 9 3/4 x 7 5/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/7s75fs02s
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Boston, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed with initials.
Henry Grafton Chapman encloses money and gives instructions for its distribution among Deborah Weston's family. He also gives instructions for the appropriation of provisions, etc. He says that the "potatoes are for Garrison."
Also with the same Call No., Ms.A.9.2 v.14, p.84, is an unrelated item of a ticket of admission to an anti-slavery soiree, [perhaps sponsored by the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society], held at Marlborough Hall, Washington Street, Boston, on Friday evening, Christmas, Dec. 25, 1840. The ticket is signed by Henry Grafton Chapman.
Identifier:
3133347
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.14, p.84
Barcode:
39999066785864
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