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wm118j797
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Incomplete letter from Anne Warren Weston, Weymouth, [Mass.], to Debora Weston, Jan. 28, 1849
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wm118j797
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document
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normalized
title
Incomplete letter from Anne Warren Weston, Weymouth, [Mass.], to Debora Weston, Jan. 28, 1849
description
Holograph.
date
["January 28, 1849"]
year
1849
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
2795755
creators
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Weston, Debora, 1814-
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
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Weston, Debora, 1814-
Alcott, Amos Bronson, 1799-1888
Craft, William
Craft, Ellen
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
Follen, Eliza Lee Cabot, 1787-1860
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Correspondence
Manuscripts
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Text
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
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1
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extent
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 x 7 7/8 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.
Letter appears to be incomplete. The end of the letter missing.
Anne Warren Weston wishes the French boxes to be sent care of Wendell Phillips to 26 Essex Street, where they are to be marked. The sale (of their contents) will probably be held very soon at "Mr. [Amos Bronson] Alcott's rooms in West St., next house to Miss [Elizabeth P.] Peabody's." Anne enumerates the copies of the Liberty Bell which Deborah is to send to France. She describes a meeting (of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society) as "one of the best we have ever held." Anne went to see Mrs. Follen in Cambridge, and found her quite ill. Anne said: "I was received with the greatest joy & treated as if I had been a queen." At the evening meeting, the runaway slaves William and Ellon Craft produced an excellent effect. She tells of the grave illnesses of friends.
pubPlace
Weymouth, [Mass.]
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wm118j797
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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