Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, 9th of January 1852

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Title:
Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, 9th of January 1852
Author:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
January 9, 1852
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Anti-slavery fairs
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Anti-slavery advocate
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43pq231
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Dublin, [Ireland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Richard Davis Webb begins this letter with a reply to Maria Weston Chapman's request for certain anti-slavery books. He mentions his correspondence with the Weston sisters. He reports the customs duties on merchandise for the Anti-Slavery Bazaar and regrets their excessive amount. He gives his impression of Miss M. (Harriet Martineau?). Richard Davis Webb says that a French speaking person would have difficulty in getting work in Ireland in a response to a request for information on this matter. Webb hopes that the Advocate can be kept going. He says that the printing is not very profitable. Webb writes: "My girls are doing very well at Miss Reid's College..."
Identifier:
3134140
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.26, p.3
Barcode:
39999066745397
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