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vm417x40d
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Letter from Debora Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Caroline Weston, Monday night, 1836. It is now 12 o'clock at night
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vm417x40d
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document
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normalized
title
Letter from Debora Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Caroline Weston, Monday night, 1836. It is now 12 o'clock at night
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["1836"]
year
1836
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
2797886
creators
Weston, Debora, 1814-
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
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, Debora, 1814-
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Choules, John Overton, 1801-1856
Angier, Reverend
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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 7/8 x 7 3/4 in.
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yes
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42.35
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-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed.
Debora Weston begins the letter with a recital of small details such as the receipt of mail with a bundle containing sugar, that she sent pillows and a bolster to the Garrisons, and her health, etc. Debora writes: "My school still continues pleasant & I hear my scholars like me very much..." She met B.F. Hallett [perhaps Benjamin Franklin Hallett] at the Mansion House. She had a visit from Mr. & Mrs. Angier. She argued with Mr. Choules about the "wine question." Debora has circulated an [anti-slavery] petition.She will send some things to Caroline by a man named Bent. She called on Mrs. Andrew Robeson.
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New Bedford, [Mass.]
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vm417x40d
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