Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
Holograph, signed.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
qz20vg23c
label
Letter from Joseph Ricketson, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Debora Weston, 12th mo[nth] 23 [day] 1862
core
obj
dtoType
document
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
qz20vg23c
contentType
document
stage
normalized
title
Letter from Joseph Ricketson, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Debora Weston, 12th mo[nth] 23 [day] 1862
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["December 23, 1862"]
year
1862
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3133967
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
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Debora, 1814-
Ricketson, Joseph, 1815-1876
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Robeson, Andrew, 1787-1862
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Correspondence
Manuscripts
typeOfResource
Text
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
extent
2 leaves (6 p.)
hasTranscription
yes
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
ht24xg10q
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed.
Joseph Ricketson wishes Debora Weston and her family a merry Christmas. For the last three weeks, Joseph Ricketson has been under the weather, suffering from boils in his nose and mouth. He gives news of New Bedford. Sarah Ann is gradually failing. Captain Thomas R. Rodman left to join his regiment, the 38th. Joseph Ricketson questions Rodman's ability to endure the hardships of military life. Colonel Bates, of Weymouth, "has proved himself a brave officer in the last sanguinary battle of Fredericksburg." Joseph Ricketson quotes Cicero and continues to say: "'O Low pressure Abraham.' Either a weakness or a dogged obstinacy bedims his moral vision. Why can't he see that God has always been an abolitionist, giving man his rights in his first existence, and proclaiming Liberty throughout the land unto the inhabitants thereof." Andrew Robeson's death is a great loss to the community. Joseph Ricketson meditates on the passing of old friends. He greatly desires the promised visit of Debora Weston.
pubPlace
New Bedford, [Mass.]
dcId
qz20vg23c
type
document
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
33c657122d0a1bee