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Holograph, signed.
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qz20vf944
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Letter from Joseph Ricketson, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Debora Weston, 12th month 1st [day] 1861
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qz20vf944
contentType
document
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normalized
title
Letter from Joseph Ricketson, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Debora Weston, 12th month 1st [day] 1861
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["December 1, 1861"]
year
1861
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3133962
creators
Ricketson, Joseph, 1815-1876
Weston, Debora, 1814-
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Fugitive slaves--United States
Society of Friends
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Debora, 1814-
Ricketson, Joseph, 1815-1876
Emerson, John F.
Maggi, Albert C., 1824-
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
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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1 leaf (6 p.)
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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.
Joseph Ricketson and Frank are both recovering from their second attack of scarlatina, more commonly known as scarlet fever. Joey has proven himself equal to the job assigned to him in the mill, and he is becoming a very good violin player. Joseph Ricketson gives news of a number of friends, including those serving in the war. Joseph Ricketson writes: "Thus you will see that the descendants of Quakers are not all Quakers." Mr. (John F.) Emerson has left the high school and gone to Boston with his familly. Joseph Ricketson's friend, Maggi, now a lieutenant colonel in the 21st Regiment, "has nobly refused to return a fugitive, who was pursued by his master Dr. Duval into the lines---he fed the poor fellow & bid him God speed---told his master he came to fight for liberty, & that he would have to answer to a higher tribunal for his cruelty & bid him depart hence." His Colonel Morse is a slave catcher, and Maggi has written Governor Andrews about it. Sumner wrote Maggi "a beautiful note for me to read & forward him, thanking him for what he had done---stating he should denounce from his seat in the Senate all officers guilty of sending back slaves."
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New Bedford, [Mass.]
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qz20vf944
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document
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