Letter from Edmonia Lewis, Rome, to Maria Weston Chapman, Feb. 5th, [18]67

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Edmonia Lewis, Rome, to Maria Weston Chapman, Feb. 5th, [18]67
Description:
Edmonia Lewis discusses a sculpture that is intended to be a gift to William Lloyd Garrison. Lewis asks for money to complete the work.
Author:
Lewis, Edmonia
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
[February 5, 1867]
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
Lewis, Edmonia
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 8 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv144240v
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Rome
Language:
English
Notes:
Edmonia Lewis was a sculptor of Native American and African American heritage who spent much of her career in Rome.
Holograph, signed.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4532270
Call #:
MS A.9.2 v.32, p.64
Barcode:
39999063815722