Partial letter from Joseph Ricketson, [New Bedford, Mass.], to Deborah Weston, [11 April 1861]

Item Information

Title:
Partial letter from Joseph Ricketson, [New Bedford, Mass.], to Deborah Weston, [11 April 1861]
Author:
Ricketson, Joseph, 1815-1876
Addressee:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Date:
[April 11, 1861]
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
Ricketson, Joseph, 1815-1876
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 8 x 5 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20vf69s
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[New Bedford, Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
The beginning of this letter is missing. Joseph Ricketson presumably wrote this letter to Deborah Weston on April 11, 1861. The writing on one page has been crossed out.
Joseph Ricketson writes that Wendell Phillips gave two lectures in New Bedford, both of which were well received. He elaborates on Wendell Phillips: "He was our guest & after the Lecture a good many citizens & ladies called on him & a procession with a band of music came up & serenaded & Wendell went out and stood on the stepping stone on the sidewalk & made a neat & appropriate speech." Ricketson believes that "nine tenths of all who heard it coincide with his views."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
3133957
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.30, p.62
Barcode:
39999066783414
mq8509742