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Holograph.
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Document identity
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vm417q54h
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Rough draft of a letter from Caroline Weston to John Parker Hale, [1846 Sept.?]
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document
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1
Source metadata
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vm417q54h
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document
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normalized
title
Rough draft of a letter from Caroline Weston to John Parker Hale, [1846 Sept.?]
description
Holograph.
date
["[September 1846?]"]
year
1846
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
2797205
creators
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Hale, John P. (John Parker), 1806-1873
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
Hale, John P. (John Parker), 1806-1873
Briggs, George N. (George Nixon), 1796-1861
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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import
extent
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 9 7/8 x 8 in.
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yes
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42.35
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-71.05
notes
Holograph.
This manuscript is apparently a rough draft of a letter by Caroline Weston in reply to John Parker Hale's letter. [Caroline is perhaps responding to Hale's letter dated Sept. 11, 1846, see Call No. Ms.A.9.2 v.22, p.88A].
Caroline Weston expresses disappointment at the uncertainty of whether or not John P. Hale will visit her; she gives him travel directions. Caroline remarks that "if such men as C.F. Adams, [J.G.] Palfrey...& Judge Allen consent to [George N.] Briggs nomination it is very hard not to believe that American politics at least are corrupting..."
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vm417q54h
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1
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