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Holograph, signed.
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wm117z303
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Letter from Caroline Weston, Boston, to Debora Weston, Monday eve'g, March 18, [18]'39
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obj
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document
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1
Source metadata
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wm117z303
contentType
document
stage
normalized
title
Letter from Caroline Weston, Boston, to Debora Weston, Monday eve'g, March 18, [18]'39
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["[March 18, 1839]"]
year
1839
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3132539
creators
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
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, Caroline, 1808-1882
Weston, Debora, 1814-
Collins, John A. (John Anderson), 1810-1879
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
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pageCount
1
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import
extent
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 1/8 x 7 5/8 in.
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yes
Source extras
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sf268508b
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ht24xg10q
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42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed.
Caroline Weston wants to know "the ultimatum about the New Bedford business." She expresses happiness "with dear dear brother [John A.] Collins at the helm." She admits: "I think indeed that I like C.[ollins] better than I did P.[hillips]." She describes at length the quarterly meeting of the Essex County Society at Wenham, at which the opposing factions met in a "desperate game." Caroline is no longer troubled with debt. "Haven't I done well to pay off in a year, & lose as much as I did too--?--"
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Boston
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wm117z303
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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2d326e84b7485b8e