Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Greenfield, Kilgobbin, Co[unty] Dublin, to Maria Weston Chapman, Nov. 10, 1859
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Holograph, signed.Richard Davis Webb's son Richard came home today from his travels. He was "full of acknowledgment of all the attention & hospitality he met with from my American friends." Richard met Frederick Douglass in Rochester. Douglass said "he hoped I would not bear spite or to that affect. He referred I suppose to a furious attack upon me which he published in his paper in consequence of that unfortunate statement respecting Julia Griffiths which H.C.W. [Henry C. Wright] sent me but which could not be substantiated." Frederick Douglass told Richard that he intended giving up his paper. Richard spent a night at at S. Foster's house, and was greatly pleased with Abby Kelley Foster. Richard D. Webb discusses the question of Garrison coming to England. He doubts whether "he is as likely to make an impression on the British public as a much less remarkable man." He regrets that his son Richard did not see Deborah Weston, of whom Sarah Remond spoke so highly. Richard D. Webb was greatly charmed by Samuel J. May.
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Digital CommonwealthKeywords
- Antislavery Movements
- Boston
- Chapman, Maria Weston 1806 1885
- Correspondence
- Douglass, Frederick 1818 1895
- Foster, Abby Kelley 1811 1887
- Foster, Stephen S. (Stephen Symonds) 1809 1881
- Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
- Griffiths, Julia 1895
- History
- Massachusetts
- May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph) 1797 1871
- Slaver
- United States
- Webb, Richard 1835 1882
- Webb, Richard Davis 1805 1872
- Weston, Deborah B. 1814
- Women
- Women Abolitionists
- Wright, Henry Clarke 1797 1870