Letter from Jane Jennings, Cork, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, Nov. 26, [1846?]

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Title:
Letter from Jane Jennings, Cork, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, Nov. 26, [1846?]
Author:
Jennings, Jane
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
[November 26, 1846?]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--Ireland
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Jennings, Jane
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Ireland
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20tb58g
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Cork, [Ireland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
In this letter, Jane Jennings writes of "the good done to the cause" by Frederick Douglass. As a result of Frederick Douglass's visit to Cork, Ireland, "for the first time some members of the Church of England have become interested" in the abolition movement. In Limerick, a popular soiree for him was attended by several hundred "respectable inhabitants." Frederick Douglass stayed three weeks with Jane Jenning's family and won their affection.
Identifier:
3133577
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.14, p.63B
Barcode:
39999066781699
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