Letter from Joseph Ricketson, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston, 4th mo[nth] 28th [day] 1861

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Title:
Letter from Joseph Ricketson, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston, 4th mo[nth] 28th [day] 1861
Author:
Ricketson, Joseph, 1815-1876
Addressee:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Date:
April 28, 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
Potter, Reverend
Thornton, James, d. 1861
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
2 leaves (8 p.) ; 7 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20vf75x
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
New Bedford, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
In this letter, Joseph Ricketson gives news of the death of his dear uncle James Thornton. Aunt Phoebe Horton, the sister of James Thornton, is the only survivor out of 13 children. Joseph Ricketson praises Mr. Potter's sermon on Mr. Morgan. Ricketson believes that "these are glorious times; we are all up to the mark here." The new Methodist minister "was all fight, was willing to go himself." In the Unitarian church, "Potter gave a Rouser of a sermon." Joseph Ricketson describes the military preparations: "Our guards went of [sic] in good spirits, and with determined looks and will undoubtedly do their duty--Mr. Clifford addressed them from the steps of the City Hall before they left." Ladies sewed seven days and nights. Joseph Ricketson, however, adhered more closely than ever to his non-fighting principles. Joseph Ricketson's nephew, Gilbert Thornton, has been driven out of Virginia. Business is good.
Identifier:
3133958
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.30, p.65
Barcode:
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