Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Weymouth, [Mass.], to Samuel May, June 3, 1881

Item Information

Place of origin:
Weymouth, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
In this letter, Maria Weston Chapman refers contemptuously to the "attempted rehabilitation" of the damaged reputation of Mayor Lyman by his son Theodore Lyman. She also severely criticizes a similar attempt to represent Dr. William Ellery Channing as the head of the anti-slavery movement. Chapman briefly refers to the Boston Public Library.
Includes envelope with the delivery address: "The Reverend Samuel May, Leicester, Mass'tts."
Enclosed, there is a typed transcript of this manuscript; transcribed by the Boston Public Library.
Identifier:
3133172
Call #:
Ms.B.1.6 v.11, p.59
Barcode:
39999066788546
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