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Holograph, signed.

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qz20vk22q
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Letter from Richard Warren Weston, New York, to Debora Weston, 25 March [1861?]
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obj
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document
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1
Source metadata
id
qz20vk22q
contentType
document
stage
normalized
title
Letter from Richard Warren Weston, New York, to Debora Weston, 25 March [1861?]
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["[March 25, 1861?]"]
year
1861
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3134136
creators
Weston, R. Warren (Richard Warren), 1819-1873
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
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Debora, 1814-
Weston, R. Warren (Richard Warren), 1819-1873
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872
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
pageCount
1
source
import
extent
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 8 x 5 in.
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yes
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sf268508b
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42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed.
R. Warren Weston writes: "We have eaten the Turkey and we pronounced him a bird of the first quality. ...You will receive a bbl of sugar ..." R. Warren Weston tells how he got the barrel through some mistake of an expressman. "Messrs. Seward & Co. & Lincoln now have suddenly become non resistant."
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New York
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qz20vk22q
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document
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