Letter from Fidelia S. Gridley, Southampton, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, July 16th, 1839

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Title:
Letter from Fidelia S. Gridley, Southampton, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, July 16th, 1839
Author:
Gridley, Fidelia S.
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
July 16, 1839
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
Fugitive slaves--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Gridley, Fidelia S.
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 5 3/8 x 7 3/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20vm546
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Southampton, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Fidelia S. Gridley inquires "if anything has been, or can be, done to release those three [slaves?] who were mentioned in the nonresistant under [the] date of June 15th." Gridley could perhaps give five or ten dollars to aid in placing them in a free state.
Identifier:
3134165
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.11, p.121B
Barcode:
39999066778125
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