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Unknown writes to Debora Weston in regards to the New Bedford female anti-slavery society held its quarterly meeting yesterday and gives an account of the meeting. Miss Ball is to be sent to New Bedford to form a new female society and was received her with "much feeling." The society decided to continue to subscribe to the "Liberty Bell" but will delay in sending money until they receive more money from additional members not present at the meeting. The writer mentions the contribution of articles by African American women to the Massachusetts anti-slavery fair and reflects, "so long as we have the confidence of our coloured population, we have nothing to fear from the miserable tools of new organization." Debora's friend Ellis Bartlett is the prime mover in a conspiracy relating to meetings that Mr. Johnson told her about. The writer recounts a story in which [Hiram] Cummings invited members from their society to join his. The writer discusses what they have done to get subscribers for the "anti-slavery standard." The writer asks if she will attend the convention in Worcester and is not at all surprised by the recent developments of Dr. Manford, saying "I never had the least confidence in him but the denouncement is rather sudden after all."