Letter from Eliza Wigham, Newcastle on Tyne, [England], to Maria Weston Chapman, 1806-1885, 4th mo[nth] 2'd [day] 1847

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Title:
Letter from Eliza Wigham, Newcastle on Tyne, [England], to Maria Weston Chapman, 1806-1885, 4th mo[nth] 2'd [day] 1847
Author:
Wigham, Eliza
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
April 2, 1847
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
Wigham, Eliza
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Nichol, Elizabeth Pease, 1807-1897
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 7 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43qj65p
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Newcastle on Tyne, [England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Eliza Wigham thanks Maria Weston Chapman for the copy of the Liberty Bell. Wigham writes: "We are parting with our beloved friend Frederick Douglass whom we love & cherish as a dear brother." Only Henry C. Wright is left "of the noble band you lent to us" and he has been ill. Wigham is going to Darlington to visit Elizabeth Pease Nichol.
Identifier:
3134342
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.23, p.23
Barcode:
39999066746353
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