Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, Boston, [Massachusetts], to Maria Weston Chapman, 1841 Aug[ust] 26

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Title:
Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, Boston, [Massachusetts], to Maria Weston Chapman, 1841 Aug[ust] 26
Description:
Henry Clarke Wright writes to Maria Weston Chapman in regards to a resolution that was adopted at a meeting of some friends of human rights held in Boston on May 26-27 1841 in which a committee of twelve be appointed to call a world's convention "to consider the subject of Human Rights in all its bearings-what they are-the present condition of mankind in respect to them the cause of their violation-& the means of their restoration & protection." He then names the twelve committee members chosen, including the addressee. He sets forth the aims of the convention and submits seven questions to which answers are solicited.
Author:
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
August 26, 1841
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--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Anti-slavery fairs--United States--History--19th century
Nonviolence--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Societies
Nonviolence
Meetings
Women's rights--United States--History--19th century
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898
Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Burleigh, Charles C. (Charles Calistus), 1810-1878
Rogers, Nathaniel Peabody, 1794-1846
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z110z265
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Place of origin:
Boston, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
A corner of the second leaf is torn off beneath the signature.
Identifier:
5982674
Call #:
MS A.9.2, v.15, p.57
Barcode:
39999085845301