Letter from S. Bird, Cape Haytien [sic], [Haiti], to Maria Weston Chapman, [ca. Sept. 23, 1842]

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Title:
Letter from S. Bird, Cape Haytien [sic], [Haiti], to Maria Weston Chapman, [ca. Sept. 23, 1842]
Author:
Bird, S.
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
[ca. September 23, 1842]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Missionaries--Haiti
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Missionaries
Bird, S.
Bird, M. B. (Mark Baker), 1807-1880
Chapman, Henry Grafton, 1804-1842
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Haiti
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 9 x 7 1/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv142p85k
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Cape Haytien [sic], [Haiti]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
On pages 1-2 of this manuscript, there is a letter by Mrs. S. Bird to Mrs. Maria Weston Chapman. S. Bird thanks Maria W. Chapman for carrying out some commissions and mentions that a pair of boots and combs are missing in the parcel received. She hopes that Mr. Chapman "still retains the little improvement of health which he experienced here."
On pages 3-4, there is a separate note by Mark Baker Bird to Mr. & Mrs. Chapman giving the statistics of the Wesleyan Mission in Haiti, including stations, missionaries, and number of schools, etc.
Identifier:
4531922
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.20, p.66
Barcode:
39999066757954