Letter from Samuel Johnson, Salem, [Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, Dec. 15th, 1848

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Title:
Letter from Samuel Johnson, Salem, [Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, Dec. 15th, 1848
Author:
Johnson, Samuel, 1822-1882
Addressee:
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Date:
December 15, 1848
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, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Johnson, Samuel, 1822-1882
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 7 7/8 x 5 in. + 1 envelope (3 1/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20vj438
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Salem, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Samuel Johnson writes: "I thank you for the invitation extended to me to speak at the approaching A. S. [Anti-Slavery] Bazaar. My interest in the cause won't lead me to accept it. But I do not wish my name announced. I may not be present on the occasion specified, & if present, may not feel in [the] mood to speak."
Includes an envelope with the delivery address: "Miss A. W. Weston, No. 21 Cornhill, Boston." It is postmarked Dec. 16, Boston, Mass.
Identifier:
30200
Call #:
MS A.4.6A v.3, p.62
Barcode:
39999066744770
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