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Holograph, signed.
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wm117x978
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Letter from Caroline Weston, Boston, [Mass.], to Debora Weston, March 3rd, [1839?]
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wm117x978
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document
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normalized
title
Letter from Caroline Weston, Boston, [Mass.], to Debora Weston, March 3rd, [1839?]
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["[March 3, 1839?]"]
year
1839
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3132543
creators
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Weston, Debora, 1814-
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Abolitionists--Massachusetts--New Bedford
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Weston, Debora, 1814-
Parker, Mary S.
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Bristol (county)
Massachusetts
New Bedford
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Correspondence
Manuscripts
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Text
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Bristol
city
New Bedford
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1
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1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.
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yes
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41.6333
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-70.9333
notes
Holograph, signed.
Caroline Weston forwards the resolutions concerning the relation of local abolitionists to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, which have been suited to the case in New Bedford. She recounts at length the refusal of Mary S. Parker, supported by Catherine M. Sullivan and the Misses Ball, to hold a meeting of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society. She offers advice as to the conduct of the female society (of New Bedford), and exhorts Debora Weston also to get an expression of opinion from the men of New Bedford favorable to Caroline(?) Chase's petition, "for the Legislature have passed a truly infamous report." Caroline quotes a set of resolutions in reference to this report. Caroline Weston will wait to hear from New Bedford, but does not believe that they will offer enough. Caroline Weston favors Debora Weston's plan of giving up her place [teaching position] to Anne Warren Weston. She tells about the work of her own school.
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Boston, [Mass.]
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wm117x978
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document
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1
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