Letter from Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, [Boston, Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, November 13th, [1842]

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Title:
Letter from Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, [Boston, Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, November 13th, [1842]
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Author:
Follen, Eliza Lee Cabot, 1787-1860
Date:
[November 13, 1842]
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
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Fugitive slaves--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Latimer, George
Follen, Eliza Lee Cabot, 1787-1860
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 10 7/8 x 8 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20t8051
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[Boston, Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
In this letter, Eliza Lee Cabot Follen refers to the contributions to the anti-slavery fair. Follen said: "Of the many expect nothing they are very close fisted most of them & not very rich -- This does not apply to the Shaws & Russels." Follen is moving into her new house and has to do much with small means: "this is bad for me for I have more heart for your fair than for any house made with hands." She will try to send some tickets for the Van Dyke. Follen sets forth her plan for liberating George Latimer: "I want all colored men women & children & all the abolitionists... to fill the streets that day when he is to be tried." She thinks there will be "hundreds -- nay thousands...If women are in the crowd there will be no violence.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
3133429
Call #:
Ms.A.4.6A v.2, p.54
Barcode:
39999066785567
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