ca. 1840-1890
Webb, Maria (1804-1873)
Scrapbook
Title: [Scrapbook of Maria Webb]
Bound collection of letters from leading abolitionists of the period, including Frederick Douglass and Harriet Beecher Stowe, among others.
GLC08360
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