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Holograph, signed.
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wm117z02x
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Letter from Debora Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, March 4th, 1839, Monday
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wm117z02x
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title
Letter from Debora Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, March 4th, 1839, Monday
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["March 4, 1839"]
year
1839
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3132657
creators
Weston, Debora, 1814-
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Taunton
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
St. Clair, Alanson
Stanton, Henry B. (Henry Brewster), 1805-1887
Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879
Grimké, Sarah, 1792-1873
Collins, John A. (John Anderson), 1810-1879
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Bristol (county)
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
Taunton
United States
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Correspondence
Manuscripts
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Text
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Bristol
city
Taunton
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1
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1 leaf (6 p.) ; 9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.
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yes
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sf268508b
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41.9
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-71.0833
notes
Holograph, signed.
Debora Weston writes this letter to Anne Warren Weston in "journal fashion." She longs to have the Grimke letters. She comments: "I can hardly conceive of their having fallen from grace." She quotes and comments on a remark in the new paper [the Massachusetts Abolitionist]. Debora describes with critical comments, several people whom she has met socially. She regrets not having seen John A. Collins, "for I love Collins." Debora does not have much hope that Caroline Weston will come to New Bedford. She quotes a dialogue from Pickwick, as applicable to Caroline's case in regard to New Bedford. She repeats a reported conversation between James Congdon and Alanson St. Clair in which J.C. discouraged the latter and Henry Brewster Stanton from lecturing in New Bedford. Debora exclaims on the villainy of Taunton. "I wish you had [Gilbert H.?] Durfee's eyes out." Debora improved her time faithfully, studying and always up till midnight.
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New Bedford, [Mass.]
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wm117z02x
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