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Letter from A. L. Otis, Philadelphia, [Penn.], to Maria Weston Chapman, Dec. 5th / [18]57

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Title:
Letter from A. L. Otis, Philadelphia, [Penn.], to Maria Weston Chapman, Dec. 5th / [18]57
Author:
Otis, A. L.
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
[December 5, 1857]
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
Otis, A. L.
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Liberty bell (Boston, Mass.)
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 6 x 3 7/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20vj659
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Philadelphia, [Penn.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
A. L. Otis sends a contribution for the Liberty Bell. He says: "I was told as true the two stories of which I have here made one. But I cannot vouch for their truth."
A. L. Otis is a pseudonym; the author's real name is unknown. (See A. L. Otis's letter to Maria Weston Chapman, Dec. 23, 1857, Call No. Ms.4.6.A v.3, p.119.)
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
3134169
Call #:
Ms.A.4.6A v.3, p.112
Barcode:
39999066778166
mq8509773