[Letter to] Dear Bella
Contributors: Weston, Deborah, b.1814 recipient
Series: Maria Weston Chapman Correspondence (1835-1885)
Place of publication: 119 Madison Avenue, [New York]
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Correspondence; Alabama (Screw sloop); Abolitionists; Women abolitionists; Antislavery movements; History
Notes: Holograph, signed with initials.

Maria Weston Chapman discusses contributions from English abolitionists. She is using her influence to bring about the right decision in the Alabama case. Chapman says: "I have a new bonnet--black lace over white. Nothing remarkable--does well enough." She mentions the [John] Jays, who were "turned out of house and home."