Memorial of Harriet Martineau by Maria Weston Chapman, [1876?] : foreign life

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Title:
Memorial of Harriet Martineau by Maria Weston Chapman, [1876?] : foreign life
Author:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
[1876?]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Genre:
Biographies
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
Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876
Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (29 p.) ; 11 x 8 1/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/7s75ff63f
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph.
Maria Weston Chapman describes the travels of Harriet Martineau in the United States from 1834-1836. In particular, she tells what Martineau studied. Her deafness increased her powers of observation. She includes a transcript of a letter from Mr. and Mrs. Gilman of Charleston, South Carolina, to Harriet Martineau's mother. A quotation from Martineau's journal describes an interview with Albert Gallatin. Martineau said: "Gallatin would have the president a cypher too ..." Martineau describes Niagara Falls and West Point. She marvels at the independence of young people in America. She says that Americans cannot understand Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice."
Identifier:
2801990
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.3, p.22
Barcode:
39999066789213
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