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Holograph, signed.
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wm117x68t
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Partial letter from Caroline Weston, [Boston, Mass.], to Debora Weston, [14 Feb. 1839?]
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document
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wm117x68t
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document
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normalized
title
Partial letter from Caroline Weston, [Boston, Mass.], to Debora Weston, [14 Feb. 1839?]
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["[February 14, 1839?]"]
year
1839
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
2796850
creators
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
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, Caroline, 1808-1882
Weston, Debora, 1814-
Stanton, Henry B. (Henry Brewster), 1805-1887
Colver, Nathaniel, 1794-1870
Mahan, Asa, 1799-1889
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Torrey, Charles T. (Charles Turner), 1813-1846
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
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 (2 p.) ; 10 x 7 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.
The first part of the letter is missing.
Caroline Weston describes Mrs. Maria W. Chapman's correspondence with Elizur Wright and his "indignantly repelling the charge of being [Charles Turner] Torrey's editor." She describes an interview between Mrs. Chapman and John G. Whittier, in which the latter said that Garrison had done great harm in calling Stanton "a dabbler in Politicks..." [Nathaniel] Colver resigned from the Board. There are reports that Torrey's [Salem] society "are out with him for his recent course," and that the Free Church "is much displeased with [Amos A.] Phelps for his course." Phelps is better, but the tubercles are thought to be incurable. "[Asa] Mahan has made a great stir & the Boston clergy are holding meetings to find out how they shall put him down." The new paper (the Massachusetts Abolitionist) is out and "is said to be weakish." Caroline tells about the death of a young man who lost his reason from an illness and was sent to a hospital for the insane at the time of a typhus epidemic.
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[Boston, Mass.]
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wm117x68t
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document
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1
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