Letter from Boston Female Anti-slavery Society

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Boston Female Anti-slavery Society
Description:
Report of "the committee appointed by the Society to consider the subject of the fair." This report, written by Maria Weston Chapman and other female abolitionists, discusses the raising of funds and remarks, "the committee now appeals to the whole Society to make the burden light by general participation especially they appeal to the 80 new members." The report lists a series of articles that have "always met a ready sale." The second letter, incomplete, has an unknown author written to the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society regarding the death and celebrating the life of one of its members.
Author:
Boston Female Anti-slavery Society
Date:
[ca. 1832–1867]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Women abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Anti-slavery fairs--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Newspapers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Publishing--United States--History--19th century
Women social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--Great Britain
Antislavery movements--United States
Societies
Publishers and publishing
Women social reformers--United States
Boston Female Anti-slavery Society
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Parker, Mary S.
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
United Kingdom
Extent:
1 leaf (8 p.) ; 24 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z110378r
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[Place of publication unknown]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript contains postmarked blue stamp "Garrison Mss."
Identifier:
5831767
Call #:
MS A.1.2, v.41, p.82
Barcode:
39999085839478