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Holograph, signed.
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vm417x35j
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Letter from Debora Weston, [Boston, Mass.], to Mary Weston, Thursday noon, [Oct. 22, 1835]
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vm417x35j
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title
Letter from Debora Weston, [Boston, Mass.], to Mary Weston, Thursday noon, [Oct. 22, 1835]
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["[October 22, 1835]"]
year
1835
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
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no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3132628
creators
Weston, Debora, 1814-
Weston, Mary, 1786-1860
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, Mary, 1786-1860
Bailey, Ebenezer, 1795-1839
Cooley, Aaron
Parkman, Daniel
Prescott, Edward G. (Edward Goldsborough), 1804-1844
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
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Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
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Correspondence
Manuscripts
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Text
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United States
state
Massachusetts
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Suffolk
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Boston
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1
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1 leaf (4 p.) ; 8 x 5 in.
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yes
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42.35
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-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed.
Yesterday afternoon they heard that "Garrison was in the hands of the mob with his clothes all torn off & a rope around his neck." Warren Weston brought the news that Garrison was safe in jail, rescued by a truckman named Aaron Cooley, "who took him up in his arms...& trampled through the crowd with all fury." Sarah Ann(?) called to tell that Mr. [Ebenezer] Bailey saved Garrison, "helped dress him when they got him into City hall, broke a man's arm with his umbrella in his defence." Debora Weston tells about the "quiet & perfect composure" maintained by the Society. Daniel Parkman and Edward G. Prescott came to see Henry Grafton Chapman after he had left. "Maria [Weston Chapman] wiled [sic] them both to wait. ...They came thinking that George Thompson was there, to advise his instant removal. I speak says Prescott as a man just from a mob. And I listen says Maria as a woman just from a mob." After a long talk, they parted with protestations of friendship. Four more men came, including James L. Homer and Henry Williams. Maria spoke to them and "she giving it to them all the time." Melania Ammidon reported this morning that the mob had repeatedly cried "...to West Street. Chapman's..." George Thompson's picture and the Chapman's children have been sent away.
On the last page, is the note: "everything is quiet & calm now."
For an incomplete typed transcript of this letter, see Call No. Ms.A.9.2 v.7, p.69.
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[Boston, Mass.]
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