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        "Weston, Debora, 1814-",
        "Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890"
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        "Anti-Slavery Collection"
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        "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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        "Massachusetts",
        "North and Central America",
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        "Holograph.",
        "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.",
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