Incomplete letter from Lydia Maria Child, Wayland, April 30'th, 1861

Item Information

Title:
Incomplete letter from Lydia Maria Child, Wayland, April 30'th, 1861
Author:
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
Date:
April 30, 1861
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
Brown, John, 1800-1859
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
4 leaves (8 p.)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43rb31s
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Wayland
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Child didn't receive letters sent by Mrs. John Brown, and instead Redpath gained possession of them. Declined to write a biography on Brown. Summarizes two recent letters that describe the journey of the eleven fugitive slaves Captain John Brown delivered from bondage.
Identifier:
4664615
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.31, p.42B
Barcode:
39999063212086
mq8391449