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Holograph, signed with initials.
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vm418005d
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Letter from Debora Weston, New Bedford no [sic] Boston, 39 Summer Street, to Caroline Weston, Sat. morn[ing], [June 1, 1844]
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vm418005d
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title
Letter from Debora Weston, New Bedford no [sic] Boston, 39 Summer Street, to Caroline Weston, Sat. morn[ing], [June 1, 1844]
description
Holograph, signed with initials.
date
["[June 1, 1844]"]
year
1844
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3132731
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
Secession
Temperance
Weston, Debora, 1814-
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Colver, Nathaniel, 1794-1870
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Weston, R. Warren (Richard Warren), 1819-1873
White, William Abijah, 1818-1856
American Anti-Slavery Society
Burleigh, Charles C. (Charles Calistus), 1810-1878
Bradburn, George, 1806-1880
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Correspondence
Manuscripts
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Text
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United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
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1
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1 leaf (12 p.) ; 9 3/4 x 7 5/8 and 9 5/8 x 6 1/4 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, signed with initials.
Debora Weston saw the temperance procession. Abby Kelley and Mrs. Eliza C. Follen heard William White make a good speech. Following his speech, Nathaniel Colver said that "moral suasion would do nothing for a drunkard." The Hutchinsons sang superbly, and Gov. G.N. Briggs presented a silver cup to Holbrook. Debora describes the proceedings and excitements of the New England Anti-Slavery Convention at Marlboro Chapel, where a vote was taken for disunion. Debora said: "[George] Bradburn was in a quiet way as ugly as Cain." William White "tried to clog the wheels in a good humoured way." The disunion vote was 247 to 23 in favor of it. A speech by Frederick Douglass was interrupted by an insolent stranger. In the evening, Charles C. Burleigh, at the convention, presented a banner to William L. Garrison for the American Anti-Slavery Society. "All the debts of the A[merican] Soc[iety] will be paid next week part of the money borrowed." Debora tells about letters received, including one from Warren Weston from Singapore.
A postscript states that the Southwicks, Maria White, and James Russell Lowell voted "no" [for secession?].
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New Bedford no [sic] Boston, 39 Summer Street
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vm418005d
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