Letter from Nathaniel Barney, Nantucket, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, 12th mo[nth] 20th [day] [18]57

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Title:
Letter from Nathaniel Barney, Nantucket, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, 12th mo[nth] 20th [day] [18]57
Author:
Barney, Nathaniel
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
[December 20, 1857]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Anti-slavery fairs
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Barney, Nathaniel
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Extent:
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv142q22h
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Nantucket, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Nathaniel Barney remembers the pleasant meeting he had with Maria Weston Chapman in Weymouth. He comments: "Thy beloved mother interested me greatly, & her presence brot' [sic] my own mother most forcibly to my remembrance. The latter passed to her home in Heaven thirteen years ago, at the advanced age of 85, after a widowhood of over thirty years." Nathaniel Barney encloses ten dollars for the anti-slavery fair.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4530019
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.29, p.46B
Barcode:
39999066757459