Incomplete letter from Joseph Ricketson, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston, 9th mo[nth] 30th [day] 1862

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Title:
Incomplete letter from Joseph Ricketson, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston, 9th mo[nth] 30th [day] 1862
Author:
Ricketson, Joseph, 1815-1876
Addressee:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Date:
September 30, 1862
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
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Ricketson, Joseph, 1815-1876
Maggi, Albert C., 1824-
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20vg11k
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
New Bedford, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph.
The end of this letter is missing.
In this letter, Joseph Ricketson contrasts bountiful nature with man warring against man. He philosophizes on the effect of troubles and sorrows. He tells about the death of his cousin Caroline Hempler and others. He also tells of the engagement of Judge Oliver Prescott to Helen Howland. Joseph Ricketson received a letter from Daniel Foster, the chaplain of the 33d Regiment, who spoke "in the Highest terms of Col. Maggi both as a soldier & an abolitionist and how he had infused his principles of Freedom into the whole Regt." Joseph Ricketson had this letter printed in the Standard. Joseph Ricketson tells of the promotion of Col. Bates, who he thinks is a Weymouth man. He gives information about various others in the service and friends at home.
Identifier:
2810415
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.31, p.20
Barcode:
39999066783505
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