Letter from Maria Webb, Belfast, [Northern Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, 12th mo[nth] 2nd [day] [18]47

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Title:
Letter from Maria Webb, Belfast, [Northern Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, 12th mo[nth] 2nd [day] [18]47
Author:
Webb, Maria
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
[December 2, 1847]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--Ireland
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Webb, Maria
Belfast Ladies Anti-Slavery Association
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Ireland
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 x 7 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20vk273
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Belfast, [Northern Ireland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
On behalf of the Belfast Ladies Anti-Slavery Committee, Maria Webb informs Mrs. Maria Weston Chapman that they sent a box of articles for the Boston Bazaar. Each item has been marked at the supposed price of the materials. She mentions the "valued friend" Frederick Douglass in connection with the contributions. She excuses the smallness of the offering by explaining that the pecularly destitute state of the poor in Ireland have engrossed the attention of those who would otherwise have contributed to the American bazaar. Many of the things in the box were purchased at a recent relief bazaar "with the express view of presenting them to you." Maria Webb continues to receive newspapers published by both organizations of the American abolitionists and is convinced of the propriety of the Belfast Ladies Anti-Slavery Association's independent stand without pledging itself to be partisan of any section. Maria Webb disagrees with Mrs. Chapman's statement in a letter that "simultaneous efforts to help the two leading sections of American abolitionists are subversive of each other." Here they have "honest zealous advocates on both sides."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
2813322
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.6, p.17
Barcode:
39999066778760
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