Letter from John Murray Forbes, London, [England], to Maria Weston Chapman, June 16, 1855

Item Information

Title:
Letter from John Murray Forbes, London, [England], to Maria Weston Chapman, June 16, 1855
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Author:
Forbes, John Murray, 1813-1898
Date:
June 16, 1855
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
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Forbes, John Murray, 1813-1898
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 x 7 1/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20tt149
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
London, [England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
John Murray Forbes has sent off two parcels, one to Harriet Martineau, and the other, "incendiary tho it may be," to Wendell Phillips. Forbes writes: "If I cannot go with you & with Mr. Phillips in your opinions or feelings, believe me, I can appreciate the high aspirations which carry you both so far above my poor lower world of expediency!"
Includes envelope.
Identifier:
3133441
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.28, p.53
Barcode:
39999066785708
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