Letter from Abraham Brooke, Marlboro, O[hio], to Maria Weston Chapman, January 18th, 1860

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Abraham Brooke, Marlboro, O[hio], to Maria Weston Chapman, January 18th, 1860
Author:
Brooke, Abraham
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
January 18, 1860
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
Brooke, Abraham
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 6 1/4 x 7 5/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20tv72d
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Marlboro, O[hio]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
In this letter, Abraham Brooke said: "It would give me great pleasure, were it among the possibilities, to make the acquaintance of many, both ladies and gentlemen, whom I have long admired at a distance, in Music Hall Boston ...Excuse the trifle enclosed for the cause, as a token of desire greatly beyond my ability to cooperate efficiently with the friends ...."
Identifier:
2806333
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.30, p.28A
Barcode:
39999066784826
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