Letter from Jane Wigham, Edinburgh, [Scotland], to Maria Weston Chapman, 16th [day] of 8th month 1847

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Title:
Letter from Jane Wigham, Edinburgh, [Scotland], to Maria Weston Chapman, 16th [day] of 8th month 1847
Author:
Wigham, Jane
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
August 16, 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, Jane
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Howitt's journal
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 1/8 x 8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43qj75x
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Edinburgh, [Scotland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Jane Wigham regrets not seeing Henry C. Wright once more before his departure for America. Wigham believes "his visit to this country has been of great service." They are looking anxiously for a memoir of Wright in Howitt's Journal, as "his unselfish retiring disposition prevents his beautiful character being found out." Advise is needed about the kind of articles that would be welcome for the 14th bazaar. Interest would be kept up here if letters addressed to the secretary or committee (of the local anti-slavery society) could be received regularly from America. A pro-slavery minister from Virginia has been lecturing here and "proves himself very bad." Placards have been posted "warning the public to beware of him."
Identifier:
3134335
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.23, p.40
Barcode:
39999066746270
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