Letter from Lydia Maria Child, Boston, Massachusetts, October 30th 1861

Title:: Letter from Lydia Maria Child, Boston, Massachusetts, October 30th 1861
Author:: Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
Date:: October 30, 1861
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
Enslaved persons--Emancipation
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Garrison, Helen Eliza, 1811-1876
May, Mary Goddard, 1787-1882
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:: 1 leaf (3 p.) ; 8 x 10 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wm118h103
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Place of origin:: Boston, Massachusetts
Language:: English
Notes:: Facsimile (reproduction), signed by L. Maria Child, Helen E. Garrison, and Mary May. See Ms.B.1.6 v.8, p.81 for unsigned facsimile (reproduction). See Ms.B.1.6 v.8, p.80 for unsigned, handwritten draft of letter.
This circular letter was sent to undisclosed recipients. It mentions a petition to Congress for the immediate emancipation of slaves. The letter itself is an appeal for money sent out by the Managers of the 28th Annual Anti-Slavery Subscription Anniversary.
Identifier:: 3132177
Call #:: MS B.1.6 v.8, p.79
Barcode:: 39999063212763
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