Letter from Richard Warren Weston, New York, to Deborah Weston, 9 May 1863

Title:: Letter from Richard Warren Weston, New York, to Deborah Weston, 9 May 1863
Author:: Weston, R. Warren (Richard Warren), 1819-1873
Addressee:: Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Date:: May 9, 1863
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
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Economic aspects
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Weston, R. Warren (Richard Warren), 1819-1873
Hesse, Augustus, d. 1867
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:: 1 leaf (3 p.) ; 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43pv864
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Place of origin:: New York
Language:: English
Notes:: Holograph, signed.
This letter is concerned with the affairs of a person with the initial "C." R. Warren Weston asks Deborah Weston and other family members to visit him. He discusses the commercial situation of the Civil War. He writes: "Louisiana is entering our possession, & we shall soon have Vicksburg. Gold on Hooker's retreat went to 56---this morning tis 50 1/2..." R. Warren Weston asks if Augustus Hesse was in the fight.
Identifier:: 3134162
Call #:: Ms.A.9.2 v.31, p.58
Barcode:: 39999066778091
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