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wm1186905
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Letter from Debora Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, Nov. 25th, 1839, Monday afternoon
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wm1186905
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document
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title
Letter from Debora Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, Nov. 25th, 1839, Monday afternoon
description
Holograph.
date
["November 25, 1839"]
year
1839
rights
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No known restrictions on use.
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no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3132700
creators
Weston, Debora, 1814-
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Abolitionists--United States--Political activity
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States
Political participation
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Debora, 1814-
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Ball, Martha V., 1811-1890
Boston Female Anti-slavery Society
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Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Correspondence
Manuscripts
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Text
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United States
state
Massachusetts
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Suffolk
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Boston
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1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 x 7 3/4 in.
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42.35
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-71.05
notes
Holograph.
Debora Weston begins the letter by commenting on family affairs. She goes on to refer to Miss [Martha V.?] Ball's so-called "correction" in the Liberator, and Oliver [Johnson's] "stumping her to point out the 17 who lied." She comments on the intended "female agent" of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society's Board. Debora said: "$252 a year for an agent, that would be a very pretty income for Miss Ball & I don't doubt has been her object from the beginning..." Debora complains of pain in her face. She reports on local politics. The colored people are said to control the election. The Whig party have put up John F. Emerson to get the abolitionists' votes. Debora remarks that anyone not self-sufficient, as she is, "would die of ennui here."
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New Bedford, [Mass.]
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wm1186905
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document
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1
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