Letter from Catherine Paton, Roseneath, [Scotland], to Maria Weston Chapman, July 15 / [18]47

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Title:
Letter from Catherine Paton, Roseneath, [Scotland], to Maria Weston Chapman, July 15 / [18]47
Author:
Paton, Catherine
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
[July 15, 1847]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Anti-slavery fairs
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Paton, Catherine
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
2 leaves (8 p.) ; 7 3/4 x 5 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20v883k
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Roseneath, [Scotland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Catherine Paton wrote this letter to an esteemed friend, presumably this was Maria Weston Chapman. Catherine Paton is anxious to know whether the contributions to the anti-slavery fair were suitable. She mentions embroidered black satin aprons and baby cloaks. The contributors are very anxious to know how their gifts were received. She praises Henry C. Wright. She speaks disparagingly of Henry Clapp. Paton says: "There is another traitor to the cause here, a Mr. Gloucester, a coloured minister from Philadelphia on a mission to raise money, ..." George Thompson is a condidate for Parliament from the Tower Hamlets, a district in London.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
3133827
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.23, p.35
Barcode:
39999066780972
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