Partial letter from Joseph Ricketson, [New York?], to Deborah Weston, [1863 April?]

Item Information

Title:
Partial letter from Joseph Ricketson, [New York?], to Deborah Weston, [1863 April?]
Author:
Ricketson, Joseph, 1815-1876
Addressee:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Date:
[April 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
Women's rights
Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Ricketson, Joseph, 1815-1876
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 9 7/8 x 7 3/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20v077s
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[New York?]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
The first page of this letter is missing.
Joseph Ricketson writes: "The President has finally been obliged to proclaim Emancipation---would that it could have been stronger and immediate---snail like the cause is progressing---but I think surely." Ricketson comments on a Republican convention. He gives an account of his wife's illness. He mentions the "Woman's Rights" movement.
Includes envelope with the delivery address: Miss D. Weston, Weymouth, Mass'tts.
Identifier:
2810499
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.3, p.45
Barcode:
39999066783570
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