Letter from Rebecca Whitelegge, 77 Chatham St[reet], Manchester, [England], to Maria Weston Chapman, Dec. 1, 1859

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Title:
Letter from Rebecca Whitelegge, 77 Chatham St[reet], Manchester, [England], to Maria Weston Chapman, Dec. 1, 1859
Author:
Whitelegge, Rebecca
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
December 1, 1859
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
Whitelegge, Rebecca
Remond, Sarah Parker, 1826-1894
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 7 7/8 x 4 1/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43pt55x
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
77 Chatham St[reet], Manchester, [England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Rebecca Whitelegge sends a contribution to the "Boston Fund."The Manchester Ladies' Society sends £15 and Mrs. Payne of Bolton has collected £22, total £37." She lists the other contributions. Arrangements for Sarah P. Remond's lecture was expensive and the pecuniary results were small. Rebecca Whitelegge and others were much impressed by Maria Weston Chapman's account of the previous year's festival.
Identifier:
3134152
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.29, p.80B
Barcode:
39999066745546
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