Rough draft of a letter from Maria Weston Chapman, [Boston?], to Martha V. Ball and Lucy M. Ball, [ca. 1840?]

Item Information

Title:
Rough draft of a letter from Maria Weston Chapman, [Boston?], to Martha V. Ball and Lucy M. Ball, [ca. 1840?]
Addressee:
Ball, Martha V., 1811-1890
Addressee:
Ball, Lucy M., 1807-1891
Author:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
[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
Ball, Martha V., 1811-1890
Ball, Lucy M., 1807-1891
Southwick, Thankful Hussey, 1792-1867
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 7 3/4 x 4 7/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/7s75ft23r
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[Boston?]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
This is a rough draft of a letter, with corrections and deletions.
Maria Weston Chapman assures Martha V. Ball and Lucy M. Ball of her regret at "the painful position they were placed in by the wrong course of my friend Mrs. Southwick, in inviting them to my house as abolitionists ..." Constrained by a sense of duty, Maria W. Chapman rebuked Mrs. Southwick, and also told her that it was wrong to make the Misses Ball suffer by communicating the rebuke.
Identifier:
2799808
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.16, p.56A
Barcode:
39999063103293
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