Letter from Anne Warren Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston, Nov. 8, 1842, Monday evening near 12

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Title:
Letter from Anne Warren Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston, Nov. 8, 1842, Monday evening near 12
Author:
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Addressee:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Date:
November 8, 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
Racism
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Emerson, John F.
Beane, Mr. & Mrs., of New Bedford, Mass.
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/vm417c54f
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
New Bedford, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed with initials.
Anne Warren Weston reports that Mrs. Grace Emerson was full of wrath at Mrs. Lindsey, who was "astonished at the impudence of the coloured people in going to Gurley's meeting & taking their places anywhere." Anne heard Mr. John F. Emerson's report of the church meeting, where Mr. Beane introduced the subject of slavery in a "very mild quiet speech." Beane "does not love to let me know the truth about the church... The Emersons are all ready for excommunication any day." Anne cannot think of a riot without a tremor. She refers to Latimer: "Is there no way of breaking jail?" Mr. R called and Mrs. Beane asked whether he was married and then "fell to surmising" (the possibility of a romance with Anne). She relates a conversation in which Mrs. Beane said that she liked Deborah more than Anne.
Identifier:
3132358
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.17, p.106
Barcode:
39999064320870
mq8390368