Expenses for 1847 from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, May 25, 1848

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Title:
Expenses for 1847 from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, May 25, 1848
Author:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
May 25, 1848
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Ephemera
Genre:
Circulars
Financial statements
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
Slave labor
Produce trade
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Newcastle Ladies' Free Labour Produce Association
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. and 1 circular (2 p.) ; 7 5/8 x 4 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20vt21w
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Place of origin:
Dublin, [Ireland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph.
Richard Davis Webb writes to Maria Weston Chapman with a list of expenses for 1847, including the payments for postage and freight to Boston.
Accompanied by a circular (flier) printed on green paper, "To the Women of Great Britain on the Disuse of Slave Produce," by the Newcastle Ladies' Free Produce Association, 6th Mo[nth] 5th [Day], 1848. On the verso, there is chart that answers the question, "The free-man, or the slave; which shall supply your table?" The chart includes a list of produce, such as sugar, coffee, cocoa, rice, tea, etc., that is classified under "Free Labour," Slave Labour," and "Partly free, partly slave or uncertain."
Identifier:
30199
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.24, p.14
Barcode:
39999066744689
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