Letter from Sylvia Ann Ammidon, Hingham, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston, October 18th, 1830, Tues. Morn[ing]

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Title:
Letter from Sylvia Ann Ammidon, Hingham, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston, October 18th, 1830, Tues. Morn[ing]
Author:
Ammidon, Sylvia Ann
Addressee:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Date:
October 18, 1830
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
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, Deborah, b. 1814
Ammidon, Sylvia Ann
Chapman, Henry Grafton, 1804-1842
Follen, Charles, 1796-1840
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 7/8 x 8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/7s75fp72v
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Hingham, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Sylvia Ann Ammidon attended a large sumptuous party in Hingham. She describes her subsequent social activities in Boston, including a visit to Spring Lane [school?], where the girls and teachers were delighted to see her. She mentions calling on Miss Crowninshield, whose cousin is alive and well after pretending to hang himself. She especially describes her visits to Mrs. Maria Weston Chapman on West Street, where she saw Henry [Grafton Chapman] looking 'as pale as ashes." Maria's house is beautiful, "furnished sweetly." She heard an excellent sermon by Dr. [Charles Theodore Christian] Follen of Cambridge.
Identifier:
3133342
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.7, p.19
Barcode:
39999066786987
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