Letter from Jane Wigham, Edinburgh, [Scotland], to Maria Weston Chapman, 11th month 24th [day] 1845

Title:: Letter from Jane Wigham, Edinburgh, [Scotland], to Maria Weston Chapman, 11th month 24th [day] 1845
Author:: Wigham, Jane
Addressee:: Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:: November 24, 1845
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
Wigham, Jane
Combe, George, 1788-1858
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847
Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:: 1 leaf (4 p.) ; 8 x 5 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43qh79t
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Place of origin:: Edinburgh, [Scotland]
Language:: English
Notes:: Holograph, signed.
Jane Wigham thanks Maria Weston Chapman for her letter and the Liberty Bell. Maria W. Chapman will receive a letter from George Combe, "which may be published if thought suitable," as well as two books contributed by him. Combe also sends a parcel for Dr. [Samuel Gridley?] Howe of Boston. Referring to contributions (for the anti-slavery fair), Wigham mentions especially the autographs of Joseph John Gurney and his wife. Frederick Douglass is expected in Scotland shortly, and Henry C. Wright is expected in Edinburgh in a few days.
Identifier:: 3134332
Call #:: Ms.A.9.2 v.20, p.153
Barcode:: 39999066746247
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