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Holograph, signed.
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vm417b86h
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Letter from Anne Warren Weston, Chauncy Pl., [Boston], Debora Weston, Jan. 8, 1842
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document
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Source metadata
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vm417b86h
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document
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normalized
title
Letter from Anne Warren Weston, Chauncy Pl., [Boston], Debora Weston, Jan. 8, 1842
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["January 8, 1842"]
year
1842
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3132331
creators
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
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, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Weston, Debora, 1814-
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
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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 (5 p.)
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yes
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42.35
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-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed.
Anne W. Weston attended Ralph Waldo Emerson's lecture. "It was on character & was quite interesting. The house was full two thirds. He attacked the Abolitionists by name in a very vile manner that is supposing he meant us, for all he said applied perfectly to Torrey Colver etc. The idea was that the Abolitionists were spiritual slaveholders 'incarnations of the laws of Georgia and Alabama.' He however bore something of a testimony as to Slavery for he spoke of it in company with 'fraud' & other acknowledged vices." Caroline Weston has a letter from Richard Hildreth.
Included is a typed transcript of paragraph 4, from Emerson's Essay on Character, that is mentioned Anne Warren Weston's letter.
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Chauncy Pl., [Boston]
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vm417b86h
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document
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1
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photo
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