Letter from Richard Allen, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, 1st [day] of 12th mo[nth] 1841

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Title:
Letter from Richard Allen, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, 1st [day] of 12th mo[nth] 1841
Author:
Allen, Richard, 1803-1886
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
December 1, 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
Temperance
Allen, Richard, 1803-1886
Mathew, Theobald, 1790-1856
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 x 7 1/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/7s75fs385
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Dublin, [Ireland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Richard Allen sends autographs of "the greatest man in Ireland, for such I hold Theobald Mathew to be." His name is also prefixed to the address from "our" [the Irish] nation. Teetotalers will be glad to have his autographs. The other autographs are from a forerunner of Father Mathew.
On this stationery, there is an engraving of "The Cove of Cork. Richard Allen comments about this engraving in a postscript: "The little sketch at the head of this, was doubtless one of Father Mathew's early haunts -- It is a beautiful spot.
Identifier:
2804659
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.15, p.103
Barcode:
39999066786839
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