Draft of letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Boston, [Mass.], to James Sloan Gibbons, May 25th, [1843]

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Title:
Draft of letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Boston, [Mass.], to James Sloan Gibbons, May 25th, [1843]
Addressee:
Gibbons, J. S. (James Sloan), 1810-1892
Author:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
[May 25, 1843]
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
Gibbons, J. S. (James Sloan), 1810-1892
American Anti-Slavery Society
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 6 3/4 x 4 3/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/7s75fv336
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Boston, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph.
This letter is apparently a rough draft, with paragraph, sentences, and words crossed out and deleted.
Maria Weston Chapman protests to James Sloan Gibbons that "not one of the friends here ever heard a syllable to the disadvantage of your office." Chapman was told that at a business session of the [American Anti-Slavery Society's] meeting, it was determined "to dismiss an untrustworthy unfit person, but that of his unfitness they knew nothing except from yourself & Abby Kelly in the meeting. They honestly supposed that the ruling clanship was here in Boston, ..." Chapman tries to assure Gibbons that he and his family's service to the cause is appreciated.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
2800479
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.18, p.44
Barcode:
39999063099624
mq8391362