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Holograph, signed with initials.Maria Weston Chapman writes that "something better must be devised than the annual murder at Faneuil Hall." She gives arguments why the anti-slavery fair should not be held in England. Chapman had a prophetic vision of Philadelphia: "They have long been jealous of us. If it was a godly jealousy, they have an opportunity to gratify its dictates." The sixteenth national anti-slavery bazaar should be announced in the usual way. She thinks that $5000 might be raised. The remainder of the English goods "might do extremely well in some small hall in Boston." The Liberty Bell would be printed as usual in Boston, but published in Philadelphia.

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