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Source Description
Holograph, signed.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
7s75dp05t
label
Letter from Lucia Weston, Boston, [Mass.], to Debora Weston, Sunday afternoon, [1836]
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obj
dtoType
document
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1
Source metadata
id
7s75dp05t
contentType
document
stage
normalized
title
Letter from Lucia Weston, Boston, [Mass.], to Debora Weston, Sunday afternoon, [1836]
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["[1836]"]
year
1836
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3132812
creators
Weston, Lucia, 1822-1861
Weston, Debora, 1814-
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Lucia, 1822-1861
Weston, Debora, 1814-
Stanton, Henry B. (Henry Brewster), 1805-1887
Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895
Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Correspondence
Manuscripts
typeOfResource
Text
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
extent
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.
hasTranscription
yes
Source extras
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sf268508b
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ht24xg10q
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed.
This letter consists mostly of family gossip. Lucia Weston mentions James G. Birney and his paper, "The Philanthropist," C. C. Burleigh(?), Henry & Maria Chapman's family, the formation of the Juvenile Society, the Southwicks, the fight between Dr. Tiefield and Dr. Richards, Henry B. Stanton, Theodore G. Weld, the Misses Tappan, William Lloyd Garrison, and others.
pubPlace
Boston, [Mass.]
dcId
7s75dp05t
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document
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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