Letter from Esther Sturge, New Kent Road, [London, England], to Maria Weston Chapman, 4th [day] 4th mo[nth] 1845

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Title:
Letter from Esther Sturge, New Kent Road, [London, England], to Maria Weston Chapman, 4th [day] 4th mo[nth] 1845
Author:
Sturge, Esther
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
April 4, 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
Sturge, Esther
Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846
Fry, Elizabeth Gurney, 1780-1845
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 x 8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43qj80s
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
New Kent Road, [London, England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Esther Sturge thanks Maria Weston Chapman for the Liberty Bell and other publications. Sturge says "it is with pleasure we see you are not in debt." Esther Sturge's friend Elizabeth Fry has been disabled for more than two years and at times is in great agony. Contrary to expectations, Elizabeth Fry is now better. She recounts the death of Mrs. Fry's son and other members of her family. Mrs. Fry is not likely to "be able to take her valuable station again." Mrs. Fry could not understand the conflicting accounts she received regarding American abolitionism. Sturge received "a sweet bright little note" from Thomas Clarkson, who is "rejoicing that the Gospel is now spreading in Africa." Sturge comments on the probable effect of the French on the good works done for the natives in Africa.
Identifier:
3134384
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.24, p.10
Barcode:
39999066746841
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