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Letter from Anne Warren Weston, Weymouth, [Mass.], to Emma Forbes Weston, Sunday, Oct. 21, 1849
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title
Letter from Anne Warren Weston, Weymouth, [Mass.], to Emma Forbes Weston, Sunday, Oct. 21, 1849
description
Holograph.
date
["October 21, 1849"]
year
1849
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No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
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no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
2795767
creators
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Weston, Emma Forbes, b. 1825
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Anti-slavery fairs
Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Marshfield
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Weston, Emma Forbes, b. 1825
Buffum, James Needham, 1807-1887
Chapman, Mary Gray, 1798-1874
May, Sarah Russell, 1813-1893
Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850
Snodgrass, J. E.
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Boston Female Anti-slavery Society
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Boston
Marshfield
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Plymouth (county)
Suffolk (county)
United States
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Correspondence
Manuscripts
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Text
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Plymouth
city
Marshfield
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1
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1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 5/8 x 8 1/8 in.
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yes
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42.0833
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-70.7
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Holograph.
Anne Warren Weston announces that the Weymouth Fair is the principle subject of this letter. She mentions the cooperation of the trades people, the amount of money gained, the congestion, the hard work of Deborah and Lucia Weston, etc. Wendell Phillips lectured in the Universalist Meeting House. Anne went to town to attend the annual meeting of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society. She found Channing Place "restored to its pristine glory." Mary [G. Chapman] "seemed determined to do herself complete if tardy justice." She describes friends who attended the meeting of Mrs. Southwicks. As Henrietta Sargent wished to have a "post office" at the fair, Anne suggests that Maria Weston Chapman, Caroline Weston, and Mrs. Follen all write her three or four letters each. Mrs. [Sarah Russell] May, the wife of Samuel May, Jr., is to have oversight of the refreshment room. Anne received a contribution for the Liberty Bell from [J.E.] Snodgrass, and comments that "It is a poor bit of poetry." Caroline [Weston]'s verses were read to Wendell [Phillips], "who was simply delighted." Lucretia [Cowing] thought "Caroline always did write good verses." The "[James Needham?] Buffum law suit has been settled but all Lynn is rocking with folly & scandal." The Pioneer newspaper has been stopped. "Margaret Fuller is married to an Italian & has a ba[by]. She is going to to return home & will teach. So runs the report." Anne gives news of family and friends.
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Weymouth, [Mass.]
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