Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, [Boston, Mass.], to Philadelphia Female Anti-slavery Society

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, [Boston, Mass.], to Philadelphia Female Anti-slavery Society
Addressee:
Philadelphia Female Anti-slavery Society
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:
Anti-slavery petitions
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Fugitive slaves--United States
Pennsylvannia Freeman
Philadelphia Female Anti-slavery Society
Boston Female Anti-slavery Society
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
United States
Extent:
3 leaves (6 p.) ; 9 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/7s75ft152
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[Boston, Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph.
This is incomplete, rough draft of a letter by Maria Weston Chapman in answer to a letter and resolution respecting the "unhappy dissensions" in the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society. Maria Weston Chapman accuses the board members of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society, who appeared to be "united in spirit with the clerical appeal," and stresses the duty of resisting wrong and treachery in the society. Chapman writes: "A grand cause of your darkness & want of information on this subject has been the course of the Pennsylvania Freeman."
The last leaf of the manuscript, consists of information separate from this letter. It contains a rough draft of an appeal for a petition to Congress to call a convention to pass an amendment protecting fugitive slaves. The verso, contains part of "A Hymn to the God of Tempests" and two names of non-resistant subscribers.
Identifier:
2799847
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.16, p.55
Barcode:
39999063103483
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