[Letter to] My dearest Mrs. Chapman
Contributors: Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885, recipient
Series: Maria Weston Chapman Correspondence (1835-1885)
Published: 1867
Place of publication: Bristol, [England]
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Correspondence; Women abolitionists; Antislavery movements; History
Notes: Holograph, signed.

Mary Anne Estlin assures Mrs. Maria Weston Chapman that she is in her thoughts constantly, especially during the time spent with William Lloyd Garrison. She hopes to see Garrison and Mrs. Chapman's sister sail and revive memories of Mrs. Chapman's departure in 1855 and Garrison's in 1846. Mary A. Estlin's desire to go to America is "only lulled for the winter season, not abated." Mary A. Estlin has been able to gather some knowledge of Garrison's method of treating the Freedmen's Aid question. Garrison was perplexed about "the right mode of dealing with the sectarian element," which affects the British subscriptions. Mary A. Estlin and Garrison talked about the Standard; he tried to enlighten Mr. Webb, but Mr. Webb "hates to have his idols broken." Mary A. Estlin enjoyed Mr. Dicey's Russian notes "greatly on their own merits & doubly because they came from the pen of your son in law."