Letter from Victor Schoelcher, 3 Holler Place, Fulham Road, Brompton, [England], to Maria Weston Chapman, 13 March 1852

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Title:
Letter from Victor Schoelcher, 3 Holler Place, Fulham Road, Brompton, [England], to Maria Weston Chapman, 13 March 1852
Author:
Schoelcher, Victor, 1804-1893
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
March 13, 1852
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
Schoelcher, Victor, 1804-1893
Stern, Daniel, 1805-1876
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 5 1/8 x 4 in. + 1 envelope
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43pq516
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Place of origin:
3 Holler Place, Fulham Road, Brompton, [England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
This letter is written in French, except for the last three lines, which are in English.
This letter is concerned with Maria Weston Chapman's attitude toward Mme. D'Agoult. Mme. D'Agoult, which is also spelled Dagout, is probably Marie Catherine Sophie de Flavigny, contesse d'Agoult, who became the consort of Liszt and mother of Cosima Wagner. Mme. D'Agoult is also known by the pseudonym Daniel Stern.
Maria Weston Chapman wished to know women interested in the anti-slavery movement. Apparently Victor Schoelcher brought Maria W. Chapman into some connection with Mme. D'Agoult, "a distinguished writer, a historian." Because of moral scruples, it appears, however, that Maria W. Chapman did not wish to cooperate with Mme. D'Agoult. Victor Schoelcher thinks it wrong of Maria W. Chapman to take a censorious view of this lady, who preferred to leave her husband rather than deceive him. This may be a crime in the eyes of the world, but that it should appear so in the eyes of Maria W. Chapman astonishes him.
Includes an envelope with the delivery address: Mrs. Chapman, Place Vendome 21, Paris.
Identifier:
30209
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.26, p.15
Barcode:
39999066778612
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