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Holograph, signed.
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wm118629z
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Letter from Abby Kelley Foster, East Hampton, [Conn.], to Anne Warren Weston, 5 Mo[nth], 29 [day], [18]'39
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wm118629z
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document
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normalized
title
Letter from Abby Kelley Foster, East Hampton, [Conn.], to Anne Warren Weston, 5 Mo[nth], 29 [day], [18]'39
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["[May 29, 1839]"]
year
1839
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3132481
creators
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Foster, Abby Kelley, 1811-1887
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, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895
Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879
Grimké, Sarah, 1792-1873
Foster, Abby Kelley, 1811-1887
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Correspondence
Manuscripts
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Text
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
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1
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extent
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 7/8 x 7 3/5 in.
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yes
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sf268508b
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42.35
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-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed.
Abby Kelley Foster has just visited for a week at a place where she has a sister. She is discouraged at rousing the people there, for the cause of abolition. She recounts at length her impressions of a visit to Fort Lee with Theodore and Angelina (Grimke) Weld. Angelina was very feeble; lecturing was too great a strain, and she worked too hard on assisting on "Slavery as it is." Sarah M. Grimke and Angelina Grimke Weld seem to hold that "any other unpopular cause, if espoused by abolitionists, will retard the progress of that cause." Theodore D. Weld is severe upon us, considering non-resistance pernicious in effect on work for emancipation. His attitude seems one of contempt mingled with pity.
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East Hampton, [Conn.]
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wm118629z
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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