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Extract of letter handwritten and transcribed by unknown person. Whereabouts of original manuscript is unknown.
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wm118j401
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Extract from letter from Anne Warren Weston, Weymouth, [Mass.], to Emma Forbes Weston, Oct. 2nd, 1848
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wm118j401
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title
Extract from letter from Anne Warren Weston, Weymouth, [Mass.], to Emma Forbes Weston, Oct. 2nd, 1848
description
Extract of letter handwritten and transcribed by unknown person. Whereabouts of original manuscript is unknown.
date
["October 2, 1848"]
year
1848
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
2795657
creators
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Weston, Emma Forbes, b. 1825
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, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Weston, Emma Forbes, b. 1825
Arnold, Jane M.
Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876
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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
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Massachusetts
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Suffolk
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Boston
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1 leaf (2 p.) ; 7 7/8 x 5 in.
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-71.05
notes
Extract of letter handwritten and transcribed by unknown person. Whereabouts of original manuscript is unknown.
Anne Warren Weston received a note from Miss (Harriet) Martineau enclosing two articles for the Liberty Bell, one by "the venerable Mrs. Fletcher late of Edinburgh," the other by "our beloved Jane Arnold." Anne quotes Harriet Martineau: "Mrs. Fletchers is a good sensible piece. Jane's is very so so, but seeing it is she. Jane Arnold. Why, I suppose it will grace the Bell." [The Liberty Bell for 1849 contains "Nature's Teachings" by Jane M. Arnold, p. 200-205, and a "Letter to Harriet Martineau" by Eliza Fletcher, p. 263-268.] Anne further quotes Harriet Martineau's letter: "I can give you no idea what it has been to me to meet your sister. It will do me good for the rest of my life."
Also with the same Call No. is an envelope, perhaps sent by Anne Warren Weston and addressed to: "Miss Emma Forbes Weston, Care of Messrs. Greene & Co., Paris, France." Written on the flap and inside the open envelope is a note by Anne W. Weston. Anne thinks that "the Fair things" should come by way of England. Anne and Lucia (Weston) will probably not go to New York till after the fair. They are all well at home. Inside the covered part of the envelope is the postscript: "Can't you hook up some French autographs." The envelope is postmarked "Weymouth, Mass, Nov. 6" and "Calais, [France], 20 Nov. [18]49."
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Weymouth, [Mass.]
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