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Holograph, signed.
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cv43ps82m
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Letter from Richard Davis Webb, [Dublin?, Ireland], to Anne Warren Weston, 8th[-12th] of February 1858
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cv43ps82m
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title
Letter from Richard Davis Webb, [Dublin?, Ireland], to Anne Warren Weston, 8th[-12th] of February 1858
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["[February 8, 1858–February 12, 1858]"]
year
1858
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
2813558
creators
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Anti-slavery fairs
Depressions--1857
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Depressions
Financial crises
Slavery--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
India--History--19th century
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876
Prichard, James Cowles, 1786-1848
Sparrow, Jacob
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
2 leaves (8 p.) ; 8 1/8 x 5 1/4 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.
This letter is a reply to Anne Warren Weston's letter of Nov. 17, 1857. Richard Davis Webb writes that his daughter fell sick and his mother-in-law, who is also sick, visited him. He tells about his nephew Jacob Sparrow, who may meet Anne Warren Weston in Rome. Richard D. Webb was glad to learn that Anne W. Weston and almost all the Massachusetts abolitionists had escaped the effect of the panic. Webb says: "In Ireland except in the manufacturing town of Belfast, the Panic was little felt." Webb discourses at length on the British rule in India. He says the English have ruled India selfishly---as they have until lately governed Ireland; now no country in the world enjoys a more beneficient government. Letters from Mrs. Maria W. Chapman suggest that it would be better to just collect money instead of holding bazaars. Frederick Douglass attacked Richard D. Webb in his paper. Mary Estlin wrote recently about the death of her father's sister, the widow of the renowned ethnologist (James Cowles) Prichard. The proposition from Boston will be discussed with E. Wigham. Richard D. Webb's friend, Robert Johnson, foresees a civil war and the dissolution of the union "as the most probable solution of the question of slavery." Richard D. Webb tells of his eye trouble, "the dancing motes," and of his daughter Deborah. Harriet Martineau's niece, Maria, reports that Harriet Martineau "holds her own" and "may live for years." Martineau has published books lately, two about India. Richard D. Webb again discusses the British rule in India.
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[Dublin?, Ireland]
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cv43ps82m
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