Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, Sept. 25, 1857

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Place of origin:
Dublin, [Ireland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Richard Davis Webb has not heard anything of the Sydney Gay project. Richard D. Webb adds: "If any such plan comes to my knowlege I will discountenance it." He explains his reasons for never having supported the Philadelphia Fair. He knows that Sydney Howard Gay is no Solomon having once had "a very absurd huff" with him. He tells about books, photographs, etc. which are to be sent to the bazaar. Richard D. Webb asks "if he ever repaid the pound that Maria Weston Chapman gave for him to a poor French poet whose name he has forgotten." Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's friend, Mrs. Webb, is in very poor health; consumption is feared. Richard D. Webb received a charming letter from Anne Weston. George Thompson has been ill. Richard D. Webb comments about George Thompson: "I fear this dreadful work in India will destroy all his plans, poor fellow!" Richard D. Webb was told that Charles Sumner will call on him in a few days. Maria Waring sent her annual $100 to the Anti-Slavery Bazaar.
Identifier:
3134238
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.29, p.23
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