Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Paris, [France], to Anne Warren Weston, Deborah Weston, Lucia Weston, and Emma Forbes Weston, Nov. 14, 1848

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Paris, [France], to Anne Warren Weston, Deborah Weston, Lucia Weston, and Emma Forbes Weston, Nov. 14, 1848
Addressee:
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Addressee:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Addressee:
Weston, Lucia, 1822-1861
Addressee:
Weston, Emma Forbes, b. 1825
Author:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
November 14, 1848
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Anti-slavery fairs
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Weston, Lucia, 1822-1861
Weston, Emma Forbes, b. 1825
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
2 leaves (6 p.) ; 8 1/8 x 5 3/8 in. and 8 1/8 x 4 7/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/7s75fz44b
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Paris, [France]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed with initials.
Maria Weston Chapman writes that three boxes for the anti-slavery fair are in Havre, waiting for the sailing of the packet ship, St. Nicholas, on the 16th. All the French steamships are disabled, and the government forbids transportation of those by Liverpool. The contributions for the fair include elegant crochet bags, which cost $20 and will sell for $100. Among the books packed in the boxes, Chapman wants those by Madame Eugenie Foa to be translated by Lucia and Emma Weston. Chapman discourses on Parisian fashions in headgear, and (on page two) inserts an illustrative thumbnail drawing of a profile of a woman wearing a bonnet. She discusses costs and proposed prices of various articles. Chapman includes a sketch to be used in the advertisement of the offerings at the Fourteenth National Anti-Slavery Bazaar in Faneuil Hall.
Identifier:
2800926
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.24, p.48
Barcode:
39999063100786
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