Letter from Deborah Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, Sunday eve[ning]

Title:: Letter from Deborah Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, Sunday eve[ning]
Author:: Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Addressee:: Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Date:: [ca. 1832–1867]
Format:: Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:: Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):: Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:: Anti-slavery petitions
Abolitionists--Massachusetts--New Bedford
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Ricketson, Joseph, Mrs.
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Massachusetts > Bristol (county) > New Bedford
Extent:: 1 leaf (3 p.) ; 9 5/8 x 7 3/4 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/vm417z62n
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Place of origin:: New Bedford, [Mass.]
Language:: English
Notes:: Holograph, signed with initials.
Deborah Weston mentions the kindness of Mrs. Ricketson and comments on other abolitionists in New Bedford. Only one notice of the monthly concert of prayer for the slaves was read in church. Deborah is anxious to receive the Liberator newspaper. Deborah wants Anne W. Weston to call at the house of Mrs. Hancock on Beacon Street, [Boston] and ask her to sign the "petition for the district."
Identifier:: 3132763
Call #:: Ms.A.9.2 v.16, p.12
Barcode:: 39999063098261
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