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Holograph, signed with initials.

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wm117z592
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Letter from Anne Warren Weston to Debora Weston, Saturday Morning. [ca. 21 Jan. 1842?]
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document
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Source metadata
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wm117z592
contentType
document
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normalized
title
Letter from Anne Warren Weston to Debora Weston, Saturday Morning. [ca. 21 Jan. 1842?]
description
Holograph, signed with initials.
date
["[January 21, 1842?]"]
year
1842
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
2796250
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-
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
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
pageCount
1
source
import
extent
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 x 7 3/4 in.
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yes
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sf268508b
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42.35
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-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed with initials.
The first part of this letter is missing.
Anne Warren Weston discusses Charles Dickens and his reactions to American society. Anne describes her social engagements.
On page four, there is a short note from Caroline Weston to Debora Weston. Caroline instructs Debora to be careful with some drawings since they are not hers. She believes the drawings are good and they might be useful to her.
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wm117z592
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