Letter from Joseph Ricketson, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston, 8th mo[nth] 25th [day] 1863

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Title:
Letter from Joseph Ricketson, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston, 8th mo[nth] 25th [day] 1863
Author:
Ricketson, Joseph, 1815-1876
Addressee:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Date:
August 25, 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
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Ricketson, Joseph, 1815-1876
Hunter, David, 1802-1886
Potter, Reverend
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/qz20vg59r
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
New Bedford, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Joseph Ricketson has enjoyed the fishing; he wants the children to learn how to swim. The sermon preached by Mr. Potter pleased Secretary Stanton so much that he offered Potter a chaplaincy. Potter, however, declined, thinking that since he was drafted, he should serve in any capacity the government assigns to him. Potter "is the true embodiment of Patriotism and means to practice what he preaches." Joseph Ricketson introduced himself to General (David) Hunter and thanked him "for the noble position he had taken in his department in the South." It has been the hottest summer Joseph Ricketson has ever known. Ricketson will try to come either with his wife or with Joey. He gives news of friends and kin.
Identifier:
3133972
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.31, p.83
Barcode:
39999066783562
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