Letters from Anne Warren Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston and Caroline Weston, Oct. 22'd, 1842. Saturday night. [And 26 Oct. 1842,] Wednesday noon

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Title:
Letters from Anne Warren Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston and Caroline Weston, Oct. 22'd, 1842. Saturday night. [And 26 Oct. 1842,] Wednesday noon
Author:
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Addressee:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Addressee:
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Date:
[October 22, 1842–October 26, 1842]
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
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Chapman, Henry Grafton, 1804-1842
Hawley, Silas, 1815-1883
Tracy, Frederick Palmer, 1815-1860
Bolles, William
Liberty Party (U.S. : 1840-1848)
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/vm417c293
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
New Bedford, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
There are two letters contained within this manuscript. It begins with a letter from Anne Warren Weston to Deborah Weston. Anne remembers that today is Deborah's birthday. She commends a recent issue of the Liberator. Anne said: "I see Mrs. Child has been walked into in the Standard by Wm. Bolles. Anne finished reading the book, Percival Keene--interesting, but it ended poorly. The Liberty Party is to hold a meeting in which F. P. Tracy will give an address. Anne comments on the sermons she heard Sunday by S. Hawley and Mr. Peabody. She repeats a conversation with Hawley regarding the death of Henry G. Chapman and comments: "I believe he [Hawley] is a man of no feeling. All there is of him is an intense personal vanity."
On page three, begins a separate letter to Caroline Weston. Anne asks Caroline to do an errand for Mrs. Bradley, Mrs. Beane's mother, who has given $5 for the cause. The purchase may be sent by Charles L. Remond, who is expected to lecture here. The anti-slavery fair seems to be going well. "The coloured men all feel as though the fate of the nation hung in their hands." The friends here want Wendell Phillips to lecture. Anne longs for Henry G. Chapman. "I had no idea how much he was to me."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
2794818
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.17, p.99
Barcode:
39999064320821
mq8391691