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Holograph, signed.
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vm417x20x
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Letter from Debora Weston, Boylston Street, Boston, to Ann Bates Weston, May 8th, 1835
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Source metadata
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vm417x20x
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document
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normalized
title
Letter from Debora Weston, Boylston Street, Boston, to Ann Bates Weston, May 8th, 1835
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["May 8, 1835"]
year
1835
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3132627
creators
Weston, Debora, 1814-
Weston, Ann Bates, 1785-1878
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, Debora, 1814-
Weston, Ann Bates, 1785-1878
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Fletcher, Richard
Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Correspondence
Manuscripts
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Text
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
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1
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extent
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 8 x 4 7/8 in.
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yes
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sf268508b
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ht24xg10q
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42.35
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-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed.
Debora Weston was very glad to get her silk gown. All are well, except Emma [Weston]. Debora had a "very uncomfortable day" expecting Benjamin Silliman to lecture and not being able to find out about it until Maria Weston Chapman came to say that the lecture was put off and "it was voted that no ladies should be admitted. Mr. Fletcher thinks it a most shameful thing... Maria is very busy about Mrs. Child," who cannot go on with the book she is writing because the directors of the Athenaeum library "have revoked the permission which they gave her some years ago to take out what books she chose." The price of a share is $100 and "Maria has raised $75 since yesterday morning, so we think she will succeed." Debora inquires about Lizzy Chapman, and writes "Give my love to her. It seems like heaven without her."
On page four of the letter, there is a brief note to Mrs. Anne Bates Weston from Anne Warren Weston.
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Boylston Street, Boston
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vm417x20x
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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