Letter from Elizabeth Buffum Chace, Pawtucket, [RI], to Maria Weston Chapman, 3 mo[nth] 1840

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Elizabeth Buffum Chace, Pawtucket, [RI], to Maria Weston Chapman, 3 mo[nth] 1840
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Author:
Chace, Elizabeth Buffum, 1806-1899
Date:
March 1840
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
New England Non-Resistance Society
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Chace, Elizabeth Buffum, 1806-1899
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 x 7 7/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20v365m
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Pawtucket, [RI]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Elizabeth Buffum Chace begins this letter: "I wish thee, my beloved friend, to enrol[l] my name among those who have inhabited under the banner of the Prince of Peace, those who labor for the coming of that day, when 'the kingdoms of the world shall become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ.'' She explains at length why she didn't join the Non-Resistant Society before. She warns Maria Weston Chapman of the "diversity of opinion" among the members of the various female anti-slavery societies. Chace believes: "The Mass. women need talking to, and it can be best done by a woman."
Identifier:
3134005
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.13, p.32
Barcode:
39999066743962
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