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Holograph, signed.
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Letter from Debora Weston, Boston, [Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, Monday, [June] 6th, 1836
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vm417x48m
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title
Letter from Debora Weston, Boston, [Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, Monday, [June] 6th, 1836
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["[June 6, 1836]"]
year
1836
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3132637
creators
Weston, Debora, 1814-
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
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, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Alcott, Abba May, 1800-1877
Benson, Henry Egbert, 1814-1837
Row, George L. L.
Knapp, Isaac, 1804-1843
Mack, David, 1804-1878
Mack, Maria
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Smith, Mary
Stanton, Henry B. (Henry Brewster), 1805-1887
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
Child, David Lee, 1794-1874
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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
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
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1
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2 leaves (8 p.) ; 9 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.
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yes
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42.35
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-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed.
Debora Weston mentions the death of Harriet Hunt, mail and papers for George Thompson, a new student named Rhodes, and a visit by Mr. & Mrs. David Mack. Debora refers to Garrison's troubles with Isaac Knapp. She identifies Sarah Thaxter as being the same person known as Sally Thaxter. Debora gives a lot of family news. She says that Ellis Gray Loring's mother is the most talkative person she has every met. Mrs. Loring told her that Mr. & Mrs. David Lee Child went to West Boylston. Debora describes a baptism at Mr. Ides' church. She talks about a notice of an anti-slavery meeting. She heard Henry B. Stanton's lecture. Mrs. A. Bronson Alcott reported on the popular reaction to the notice of the meeting. Rev. Samuel J. May spoke of abolition at a church. He told the story of Mary Smith, a black woman, who was shipwrecked and later returned to Massachusetts by the state of North Carolina. Theodore S. Wright and Henry B. Stanton also spoke. Debora criticizes Stanton's speech. Stanton praised "Right and Wrong [in Boston]." Zebedee Cook and Henry Rice berated the sexton of Dr. Channing's church for issuing a notice of an anti-slavery meeting. She tells about a hymnal ordered from Knopf, news of the Ammidon family, Rev. Samuel J. May, and the custards which came from Weymouth. In the postscript, Debora writes that Mrs. Gilman is coming north to test the sincerity of the abolitionists.
Also with the Call No. Ms.A.9.2 v.8, p.5, is a receipt: "Received of Henry E. Benson Three 50/100 Dollars for services at the Anti-Slavery office the first week in Jan'y 1836--$3.50." It is signed by "Geo. L. L. Row."
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Boston, [Mass.]
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