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Incomplete letter from Debora Weston, Boston, [Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, Nov. 20th, 1838, Tuesday morning
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wm117x447
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title
Incomplete letter from Debora Weston, Boston, [Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, Nov. 20th, 1838, Tuesday morning
description
Holograph.
date
["November 20, 1838"]
year
1838
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No known copyright restrictions.
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no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3132652
creators
Weston, Debora, 1814-
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
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-
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Farnsworth, Amos, 1788-1861
Garrison, Helen Eliza, 1811-1876
Parker, Mary S.
Southwick, Thankful Hussey, 1792-1867
American Anti-Slavery Society
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Foster, Abby Kelley, 1811-1887
Adams, William, 1790-1868
Boston Female Anti-slavery Society
Liberator (Boston, Mass.)
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Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
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Correspondence
Manuscripts
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Text
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United States
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Massachusetts
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Suffolk
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Boston
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1 leaf (2 p.) ; 12 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.
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yes
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Debora Weston is very sorry to hear of her father's illness. Debora refers to "the Drs.'s schemes" [the doctor referred to is Amos Farnsworth]; she believes that "the plan about a paper died a natural death as soon as he left town." She tells about the friction between Garrison and Miss Mary S. Parker in connection with the [Female Anti-Slavery] Society's money for the Liberator. She reports on Mrs. Helen [Benson] Garrison's criticism of the Society and the attitude of Mrs. Thankful Hussey Southwick. Garrison called to discuss a letter he received from Anne W. Weston, which made a great impression on him. Debora writes "the Liberator has lost nothing as yet & Oliver Johnson intends to labour very hard this winter." She tells about a meeting in Providence. "Abby Kelley & William Adams acted like fools by protesting formally against political action--not satisfied with merely voting against it."
Dr. Farnsworth's scheme is that Garrison issue a small paper with anti-slavery news to forstall the starting of a new rival paper. See Chapman, Maria Weston, Right and Wrong in Massachusetts, p.67.
The end of this letter is missing.
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Boston, [Mass.]
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