[Circular letter to] Dear Friend
Series: Maria Weston Chapman Correspondence (1835-1885)
Published: 1840
Place of publication: Boston, [Mass.]
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Correspondence; Women abolitionists; Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society; Antislavery movements; History
Notes: Holograph, signed.

This manuscript is apparently a circular letter, urging cooperation in the new "weekly contribution plan" for collecting funds. Maria Weston Chapman sets forth the need of anti-slavery lectures, literature, etc. Chapman writes: "Urgent requests are constantly being made ... more than twice equalling our ability to supply." The sudden business depression has deprived the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society of large contributions. Whereas in the past, "the mites of the many have almost been disregarded," the new plan is based on a widespread system in which voluntary collectors in each town procure a small weekly contribution from anti-slavery friends. Chapman explains the advantageous arithmetical functioning of the plan.