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Source Description
Extract of letter handwritten by unknown person. Whereabouts of original manuscript unknown.
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Document identity
localId
wm1186549
label
Extract of a letter from Debora Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], July 26th, 1839
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obj
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document
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
wm1186549
contentType
document
stage
normalized
title
Extract of a letter from Debora Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], July 26th, 1839
description
Extract of letter handwritten by unknown person. Whereabouts of original manuscript unknown.
date
["July 26, 1839"]
year
1839
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
2798754
creators
Weston, Debora, 1814-
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Slavery--United States--Social conditions
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Slavery--United States
Social history
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Debora, 1814-
subjectsGeographic
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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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
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import
extent
1 leaf (2 p.)
hasTranscription
yes
Source extras
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sf268508b
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ht24xg10q
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42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
notes
Extract of letter handwritten by unknown person. Whereabouts of original manuscript unknown.
Debora Weston writes about a Mrs. Taylor from Baltimore, who owned no slaves, but always hired free black people.
pubPlace
New Bedford, [Mass.]
dcId
wm1186549
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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