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Holograph, signed.
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Document identity
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cv43qf33s
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Letter from Mary Weston, [Weymouth, Mass.], to Debora Weston, Monday afternoon, 24 October [1836]
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document
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1
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cv43qf33s
contentType
document
stage
normalized
title
Letter from Mary Weston, [Weymouth, Mass.], to Debora Weston, Monday afternoon, 24 October [1836]
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["[October 24, 1836]"]
year
1836
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3134372
creators
Weston, Mary, 1786-1860
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
Enslaved persons--Emancipation
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Debora, 1814-
Weston, Mary, 1786-1860
Cowing, Henry Balch, b. 1812
Fitch, Charles, 1805-1844
Hesse, Augustus, d. 1867
Perkins, Jonas, 1790-1874
Weston, Ezra, 1772-1842
White, Betsy
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
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extent
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.
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
Holograph, signed.
Mary Weston begins this letter with family news. She says that Emma Weston went for a ride with Henry Cowing in "a civered [sic] waggon." She tells about the actions of Rev. Jonas Perkins at a meeting. Perkins did not think that emancipation of the slaves could be accomplished without bloodshed. She describes a meeting of an anti-slavery society. Mary Weston discusses Betsy White's funeral and a lecture by Charles Fitch. Ezra Weston induced a sea captain to bring Augustus Hesse home. Mary Weston is planning some visits.
pubPlace
[Weymouth, Mass.]
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cv43qf33s
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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