Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, Jan. 18, 1865

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Title:
Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, Jan. 18, 1865
Author:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
January 18, 1865
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
Trent Affair, 1861
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Great Britain--History--19th century
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43qm04c
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Dublin, [Ireland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Richard Davis Webb holds his American friends in continual remembrance. He has been "amazed by the energy, resources & perseverance exhibited by the Southerners in their effort to obtain an unfettered victory for their evil 'institution.'" Webb enumerates various reasons for the British lack of sympathy with the North, and yet the "powerful portion of people which ranks between the peasantry & wealthy gentry & manufacturers has sufficed to prevent any serious disposition to take an active part in the American quarrel." Even at the time of the Trent Affair, Richard D. Webb did not fear government intervention. Although there have been blockades and warships have been supplied, Webb thinks that such acts are now disapproved. Webb says: "I am even more of a republican than ever." Webb has less and less hope for the poor of Europe so long as they remain the "playthings of monarchical & aristocratic institutions." Webb attended the public meetings concerned with the American question and the great majority was unmistakably on the Northern side. In the case of the Bristol mob that broke up a Northern meeting, Webb believes that the rioters were paid. Webb sold his house in the country and is living in the pleasantest suburb of Dublin.
Identifier:
3134321
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.32, p.29
Barcode:
39999066746098
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