Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Paris, [France], to Anne Warren Weston, Deborah Weston, Lucia Weston, and Emma Forbes Weston, Nov. 14, 1848
Identifier
http://dp.la/api/items/f17156617ee2dc83ef80e52c46afe932
Title
Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Paris, [France], to Anne Warren Weston, Deborah Weston, Lucia Weston, and Emma Forbes Weston, Nov. 14, 1848
Creator
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Weston, Lucia, 1822-1861
Weston, Emma Forbes, b. 1825
Date
1848-11-14
Description
Holograph, signed with initials.
Maria Weston Chapman writes that three boxes for the anti-slavery fair are in Havre, waiting for the sailing of the packet ship, St. Nicholas, on the 16th. All the French steamships are disabled, and the government forbids transportation of those by Liverpool. The contributions for the fair include elegant crochet bags, which cost $20 and will sell for $100. Among the books packed in the boxes, Chapman wants those by Madame Eugenie Foa to be translated by Lucia and Emma Weston. Chapman discourses on Parisian fashions in headgear, and (on page two) inserts an illustrative thumbnail drawing of a profile of a woman wearing a bonnet. She discusses costs and proposed prices of various articles. Chapman includes a sketch to be used in the advertisement of the offerings at the Fourteenth National Anti-Slavery Bazaar in Faneuil Hall.
Subject
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
Chapman, Maria Weston 1806-1885
Weston, Anne Warren 1812-1890
Weston, Deborah b. 1814
Weston, Lucia 1822-1861
Weston, Emma Forbes b. 1825
Source
Digital Commonwealth
Language
English
Relation
Type
text
Subject
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
Chapman, Maria Weston 1806-1885
Weston, Anne Warren 1812-1890
Weston, Deborah b. 1814
Weston, Lucia 1822-1861
Weston, Emma Forbes b. 1825
Collection
Citation
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885 et al., “Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Paris, [France], to Anne Warren Weston, Deborah Weston, Lucia Weston, and Emma Forbes Weston, Nov. 14, 1848,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed May 22, 2024, http://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/28532.
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