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Holograph, signed with initials.
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vm417b814
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Letter from Anne Warren Weston, Summer Street, [Boston], to Debora Weston, June 3, 1842
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vm417b814
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document
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title
Letter from Anne Warren Weston, Summer Street, [Boston], to Debora Weston, June 3, 1842
description
Holograph, signed with initials.
date
["June 3, 1842"]
year
1842
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3132346
creators
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
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, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Weston, Debora, 1814-
Gurley, Ralph Randolph, 1797-1872
Harris, Zion
Beach, Thomas Parnell, 1808-1846
Chapman, Ann Greene, 1802-1837
Ramadge, Francis Hopkins, 1793-1867
Foster, Stephen S. (Stephen Symonds), 1809-1881
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
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Correspondence
Manuscripts
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Text
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
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Boston
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1
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1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 x 7 3/4 in.
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yes
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sf268508b
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42.35
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-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed with initials.
Anne Warren Weston describes a colonization meeting held by R.R. Gurley in the Temple. Functioning with Gurley was Zion Harris, a colored man whose "inferior unhappy sort of appearance" Anne contrasts with "the bold free bearing of our folks such as Douglas[s], Lane, etc." Stephen S. Foster and Thomas Parnell Beach heckled the speaker, causing an uproar. At the second meeting, attended by Caroline and Lucia Weston, Gurley alluded to Garrison as one who had "led & misled the mind of England." Anne gives family news. Ann [Greene Chapman] is going to Miss Lothrop's school. Henry G. Chapman's condition varies. Maria W. Chapman has sent for the book, Consumption Curable, by an English physician, Dr. Francis Ramage, who uses a tube to inflate the lungs. "Ellis & Louisa [Loring] have gone on [to New York] to arrange matters with Mrs. C. [Mrs. Lydia Maria Child] if possible." Anne reports the misfortunes of acquaintances, including a case of insanity "laid at the door of Transcendentalism.'
In this letter, the reference to the English doctor is to Dr. Francis Hopkins Ramage, 1793-1867, whose "Consumption Curable," first published in 1834, went into its 3rd edition in 1842.
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Summer Street, [Boston]
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vm417b814
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