Letter from Elizabeth Bates Chapman Laugel, [West Newton, Mass.], to Deborah Weston, August 15, 1844

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Elizabeth Bates Chapman Laugel, [West Newton, Mass.], to Deborah Weston, August 15, 1844
Author:
Laugel, Elizabeth Bates Chapman, b. 1831
Addressee:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Date:
August 15, 1844–1845
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
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Laugel, Elizabeth Bates Chapman, b. 1831
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 1/8 x 8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/vm418028q
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[West Newton, Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Elizabeth Bates Chapman [Laugel] writes to Deborah Weston that "I have been so very good that I hardly know whether I have had a good time or not ..." She gives a detailed chronological account of her visit with her grandparents. She thanks Deborah for a book. Elizabeth said: "We have a great dearth of books here and for my part I don't see how they live here. I am almost dead for want of a book."
Identifier:
3132784
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.21, p.46
Barcode:
39999063098550
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