Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, 46 W. 17th St[reet], New York [City], [NY], to Anne Greene Chapman Dicey and Elizabeth Bates Chapman Laugel, Monday, Nov. 17, 1862

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Title:
Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, 46 W. 17th St[reet], New York [City], [NY], to Anne Greene Chapman Dicey and Elizabeth Bates Chapman Laugel, Monday, Nov. 17, 1862
Addressee:
Dicey, Anne Greene Chapman, d. 1879
Addressee:
Laugel, Elizabeth Bates Chapman, b. 1831
Author:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
November 17, 1862
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
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Dicey, Anne Greene Chapman, d. 1879
Laugel, Elizabeth Bates Chapman, b. 1831
Brown, John, 1800-1859
Laugel, Leonce
Pierce, Elliot
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 6 3/8 x 4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20t3709
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
46 W. 17th St[reet], New York [City], [NY]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed with intials.
In this letter, Maria Weston Chapman writes: "I see nobody but the Foreigners, who does not expect to crush the rebellion shortly;--Except Elliot Pierce, who dined here the other day, at a little family dinner-party." Chapman was glad to hear Elliot Pierce's opinion that the war will be long, "for if closed up now, it would be on the basis of the status quo." The rebels are encouraged by the New York election, "which fills the next Congress with secession favourers." Chapman mentions "a very pretty hymn" which appeared in the Republican papers; she criticizes a poetic discrepancy in this hymn. She tells about the singing of the "John Brown chorus." Elliot Pierce showed the belt through which the bullet that wounded him passed. Little Henry [Chapman] sends his love to Leonce [Laugel].
Identifier:
3133096
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.31, p.26A
Barcode:
39999066788934
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