Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, April 26, 1848

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Title:
Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, April 26, 1848
Author:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
April 26, 1848
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
Daguerreotype
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 4 5/8 x 3 3/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20vt161
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Dublin, [Ireland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
The box containing the reports, etc., arrived, and its contents have been distributed to London, Bristol, Glasgow, Paris, etc. Richard Davis Webb is delighted with a daguerreotype. Webb comments: "No present you could have made me would have gratified me more." In view of Maria Weston Chapman going abroad, Richard D. Webb pleads that "if you come to Dublin, my wife and I will have room enough and a highland welcome for you all." He wishes, in any case, to meet Maria W. Chapman on her arrival in Liverpool. Webb writes: "The mail boats between Liverpool and Dublin make the passage in eight hours. They are the quickest sea boats in the world." Richard D. Webb sent a Liberty Bell to Miss (Maria) Edgeworth, with whom he had a long interview some weeks ago. Webb says: "It is delightful to meet with such people. ...You should come and see her while she is yet alive."
Identifier:
3134075
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.24, p.12B
Barcode:
39999066744671
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