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Holograph, signed "D."
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wm117z40b
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Letter from Debora Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Caroline Weston, March 21st, 1839, Thursday
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wm117z40b
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title
Letter from Debora Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Caroline Weston, March 21st, 1839, Thursday
description
Holograph, signed "D."
date
["March 21, 1839"]
year
1839
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
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no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3132669
creators
Weston, Debora, 1814-
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
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, Debora, 1814-
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Congdon, Joseph
Collins, John A. (John Anderson), 1810-1879
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Boston
Bristol (county)
Massachusetts
New Bedford
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
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Massachusetts
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Bristol
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New Bedford
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1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.
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notes
Holograph, signed "D."
Debora Weston is waiting to hear about a possible job opening (as a teacher) for Caroline Weston, in the employ of Mr. Samuel Rodman of New Bedford. She is pleased with the success of the Caroline's business affairs and recalls "those 3 pleasant years in Boston which can't be got away from us." The ladies [of Bristol County?] have sent $10 to Boston. She attributes the difficulty in the way of the New Bedford Anti-Slavery Society to the Quakerism of its president, Joseph Congdon. Debora comments: "Quakerism unfits a man for action. I think, just as transcendentalism does." Debora's heart warms to "dear [John A.] Collins." She urges Caroline Weston to begin her journal and to read Sir Charles Grandison [by Samuel Richarson] for inspiration.
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New Bedford, [Mass.]
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wm117z40b
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