Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Boston, [Mass.], to Robert Purvis, Sept. 14th, 1845

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Boston, [Mass.], to Robert Purvis, Sept. 14th, 1845
Addressee:
Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898
Author:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
September 14, 1845
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
Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 9 x 7 1/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/7s75fw73c
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Boston, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Maria Weston Chapman requests to borrow a portrait of William Lloyd Garrison now in the possession of Robert Purvis in order to have an engraving made of it. Chapman discusses the style in which she wants to have the engraving done.
In a postscript, Chapman offers to have additional copies of the Liberty Bell printed for the Philadelphia fair, at Philadelphia's expense.
Identifier:
3133024
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.21, p.54
Barcode:
39999063100596
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