Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Bedford, [NY], to Anne Warren Weston, July 14th, [1863?], on Tuesday

Title:: Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Bedford, [NY], to Anne Warren Weston, July 14th, [1863?], on Tuesday
Addressee:: Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Author:: Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:: [July 14, 1863?]
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
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Chapman, Henry Grafton, 1833-1883
Chapman, Mary Gray, 1798-1874
Jay, William
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:: 1 leaf (4 p.) ; 7 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/vm417f618
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Place of origin:: Bedford, [NY]
Language:: English
Notes:: Holograph, signed with initials.
Maria W. Chapman mentions a mob which tore up the telegraph "posts" between New York and Bedford. She thinks that Mayor Fernando Wood can set things right. She gives some family news about Mary Gray Chapman(?) and Henry [G. Chapman, Jr.]. She mentions the sabotage of the railroads and William Jay's letters from the army.
Identifier:: 3132492
Call #:: MS A.9.2 v.6, p.81B
Barcode:: 39999063102063
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