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Holograph.
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Document identity
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wm1185208
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Letter from Caroline Weston to Debora Weston, [Friday, Feb. 23, 1839?]
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obj
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document
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1
Source metadata
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wm1185208
contentType
document
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normalized
title
Letter from Caroline Weston to Debora Weston, [Friday, Feb. 23, 1839?]
description
Holograph.
date
["[February 23, 1839?]"]
year
1839
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3132538
creators
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Weston, Debora, 1814-
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
African Americans--Colonization
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Weston, Debora, 1814-
St. Clair, Alanson
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
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
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Suffolk
city
Boston
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1
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import
extent
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
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yes
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42.35
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-71.05
notes
Holograph.
The first part of this letter is in the form of a diary. Caroline Weston tells about a colonization meeting, speeches by John Hilton and John White Browne, the Anti-Slavery offices being filled with people attracted by the colonization debate, a visit to the Garrisons, Alanson St. Clair's resignation, Edmund Quincy, and family doings. On page three of the manuscript, is a letter from Caroline Weston to Debora Weston. Caroline discusses the possibility of changing schools.
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wm1185208
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document
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1
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0
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