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Source Description
Holograph, signed.
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Document identity
localId
cv43qk907
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Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Caroline Weston, June 25, 1863
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obj
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document
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1
Source metadata
id
cv43qk907
contentType
document
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normalized
title
Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Caroline Weston, June 25, 1863
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["June 25, 1863"]
year
1863
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3134319
creators
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
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
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Cobbe, Frances Power, 1822-1904
Estlin, Mary Anne, 1820-1902
Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Bright, John, 1811-1889
Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907
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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import
extent
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 8 1/8 x 5 in.
hasTranscription
yes
Source extras
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sf268508b
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ht24xg10q
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed.
Richard Davis Webb presumably wrote this letter to Caroline Weston. Webb is concerned about the Conway and Mason(?) correspondence. Harriet Martineau had letters written to protest against Conway's "gross indescretion." Webb wrote to George Thompson and John Bright. George Thompson agrees with him; John Bright made light of the injurious effect of the correspondence on abolitionists in America. Webb sends a tract by Frances Power Cobbe, "whom I think you do not admire whilst I respect her highly for her talents & the use she makes of them." He believes that Mary Anne Estlin has gone to Switzerland.
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Dublin, [Ireland]
dcId
cv43qk907
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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c40ea48f22fbcecd