Letter from Deborah Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, January 15, 1836, Sunday evening

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Title:
Letter from Deborah Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, January 15, 1836, Sunday evening
Author:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Addressee:
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Date:
January 15, 1836
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
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Scott, Orange, 1800-1847
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 x 7 7/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/vm417x594
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
New Bedford, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph.
Deborah Weston was distressed to hear of Anne Warren Weston's illness. Deborah will be at home in about four weeks. She asks how the children are; she feels uneasy about them at times. Deborah asks Anne's opinion on whether or not she should come here (to the school in New Bedford) another quarter and if brother Emerson wants her; the five dollars a week besides her board are a great inducement. She has 25 scholars now. She writes that "the anti-slavery business here is rather dull." She elaborates on the situation, and refers to a battle which will be fought. She considers the New Bedford climate "the vilest in the world." She writes about various acquaintances. Henry Lee "acknowledged a prejudice against Garrison. I best him out of considerable of it & intend to clear him of the rest." William Lloyd Garrison converted brother Wilson, who was president of the first anti-slavery society formed at Lynn. Orange Scott will be in Boston the 25th. Deborah thinks going to riding school will do Anne W. Weston good, and the cost of ten lessons will only "take a weeks earning of my money."
Identifier:
3132629
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.8, p.6A
Barcode:
39999063101974
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