Letter from Mary Ann White Johnson, Sing Sing, [New York], to Maria Weston Chapman, November 24, 1844

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Title:
Letter from Mary Ann White Johnson, Sing Sing, [New York], to Maria Weston Chapman, November 24, 1844
Author:
Johnson, Mary Ann White, 1808-1872
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
November 24, 1844
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Prisons--New York (State)
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Prisons--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Johnson, Mary Ann White, 1808-1872
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
New York
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 10 x 7 3/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20tf94z
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Sing Sing, [New York]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Mary Ann White Johnson declines an invitation to a Boston anti-slavery fair. In referring to Sing Sing prison, Johnson says: "I detest the whole prison system, and believe more firmly than ever that such establishments are wholly unnecessary."
Identifier:
3133539
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.20, p.103
Barcode:
39999066784248
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