Letter from Richard Allen, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, 6/2 1844

Title:: Letter from Richard Allen, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, 6/2 1844
Author:: Allen, Richard, 1803-1886
Addressee:: Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:: June 2, 1844
Format:: Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:: Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):: Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:: Abolitionists--Great Britain
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Allen, Richard, 1803-1886
Haughton, James, 1795-1873
O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
United Kingdom
Extent:: 1 leaf (4 p.) ; 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/7s75fv97r
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Place of origin:: Dublin, [Ireland]
Language:: English
Notes:: Holograph, signed.
Richard Allen laments that D. O'Connell is in prison. He wants the Americans to speak in his behalf. He says that there is a division in the ranks of the abolitionists in Ireland. Allen explains: "Jas. Haughton & R. D. Webb on the B. & F. [British & Foreign Anti-Slavery Society] of this view; Jas. H. Webb & myself for free trade."
Identifier:: 3133325
Call #:: Ms.A.9.2 v.20, p.36B
Barcode:: 39999066786789
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