Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Chapman, 24th Sept. 1848

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Place of origin:
Dublin, [Ireland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Richard Davis Webb sends a letter of introduction from the editor of the Manchester Examiner to Mme. Calmache, writer of letters on the February Revolution published in his paper. The bazaar prospectus of the Edinburgh Ladies Anti-Slavery Society leaves it to the option of the contributors to send gifts to Boston or to Rochester; nearly all the donations from Belfast will go to Rochester, the ladies from Cork and those from Manchester mean to divide their gifts. Richard Davis Webb thinks "a strong romantic personal interest connects many contributors with Douglass, he will be likely to get a share of what is sent. ...& I think it is not to Douglass's credit that he should have used his influence in this way for his own benefit." Richard D. Webb dwells at length on his correspondence with Miss Harriet Martineau, whom he apparently offended by some remarks in the Standard.
Identifier:
3134077
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.24, p.31
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