Letter from Abby Osgood, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston, March 13th, 1838

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Title:
Letter from Abby Osgood, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston, March 13th, 1838
Author:
Osgood, Abby, 1814-1862
Addressee:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Date:
March 13, 1838
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
Osgood, Abby, 1814-1862
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 x 7 7/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20v231k
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
New Bedford, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
In reference to a previous letter, Abby Osgood informs Deborah Weston that Mrs. Doubleday would like Deborah to defer her visit because of the poor health of different members of the household. Abby Osgood hopes Deborah Weston will come before she takes her final leave of the town, "as I don't believe anyone wants to see you as much as myself." Osgood tells about a temperance meeting, a concert, and about some of her pupils. Abby Osgood writes: "I do like the two schools better than one, and I am not troubled now by any of the young beauties. I have missed you this term, as no one but you can imagine, and I am impatient to get some knowledge of you, ..." She gives local news, including deaths and illnesses. Osgood says that "Brother Bent is as kind as a brother can be, ..."
Identifier:
3133793
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.10, p.12A
Barcode:
39999066780485
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