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Holograph, signed with initials.
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Document identity
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wm1186859
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Letter from Debora Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, Nov. 8th, 1839
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document
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1
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wm1186859
contentType
document
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normalized
title
Letter from Debora Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, Nov. 8th, 1839
description
Holograph, signed with initials.
date
["November 8, 1839"]
year
1839
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3132699
creators
Weston, Debora, 1814-
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Anti-slavery fairs
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Recessions
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Debora, 1814-
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
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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1
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extent
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.
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yes
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42.35
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-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed with initials.
Debora Weston tells of articles sold and a plan for the further sale of items in the room of the New Bedford Female Anti-Slavery Society. Debora says that the "pressure here in the money market is awful," that even "if the [whale?] oil gets in it won't sell." She briefly alludes to a most awful story "about Nathan Johnson, in respect to the Gibsons." She remarks on local politics. The Bristol County Abolition Society have nominated Wendell Phillips for governor.
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New Bedford, [Mass.]
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wm1186859
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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