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Source Description
Holograph, signed.
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Document identity
localId
7s75dn164
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Letter from Lucia Weston, Boston, [Mass.], to Debora Weston, December 18th, 1836
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obj
dtoType
document
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1
Source metadata
id
7s75dn164
contentType
document
stage
normalized
title
Letter from Lucia Weston, Boston, [Mass.], to Debora Weston, December 18th, 1836
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["December 18, 1836"]
year
1836
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3132817
creators
Weston, Lucia, 1822-1861
Weston, Debora, 1814-
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Anti-slavery fairs
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Lucia, 1822-1861
Weston, Debora, 1814-
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
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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pageCount
1
source
import
extent
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 9 7/8 x 7 3/4 in.
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yes
Source extras
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sf268508b
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ht24xg10q
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42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed.
Lucia Weston says that she and Mrs. Maria W. Chapman and and others worked on the anti-slavery fair. She discusses embroidering mottoes on articles to be sold at the anti-slavery fair. She describes the great numbers of visitors who called on her. She tells of incidents at the fair.
pubPlace
Boston, [Mass.]
dcId
7s75dn164
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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