Letter from Lydia Maria Child, New York, to Maria Weston Chapman, May 11th [1842]

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Lydia Maria Child, New York, to Maria Weston Chapman, May 11th [1842]
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Author:
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
Date:
[May 11, 1842]
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--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wm118c842
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
New York
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Child defends the publication of a circular in the Standard which did not support Garrison and outlines a course of action the Society may expect from her.
On verso, the delivery address is Maria W. Chapman. Boston. Mass'ts. Written upside down is I. M. Howe, N.Y.
On verso, in unknown handwriting is Mrs. Child. evidence the influence of Dr Channing, Judge Jay & the Tappans, in alienating her mind from the line of duty. 1842.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
3132136
Call #:
MS A.5.1 no.28
Barcode:
39999063212235
mq8391233