Letter from David Lee Child, N.Y., to Maria Weston Chapman, Sep. 15, 1843

Item Information

Title:
Letter from David Lee Child, N.Y., to Maria Weston Chapman, Sep. 15, 1843
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Author:
Child, David Lee, 1794-1874
Date:
September 15, 1843
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
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Child, David Lee, 1794-1874
National anti-slavery standard
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 x 7 7/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/7s75fv66r
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
N.Y
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
In this letter, David Lee Child discusses the affairs of the Standard. Child is pleased that Maria Weston Chapman understood "'egotism,' the most dangerous ism perhaps that we have to deal with. Our anti-slavery world is not the world; but renown there in is sometimes mistaken for the world renown." He continues the letter in this vein. He comments on the Liberator and will use extracts of the two leading articles for the Standard. Child said: "I do not think it worth while to discuss minute differences when the summa rerum is at stake."
Identifier:
3133190
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.19, p.37
Barcode:
39999066787639
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