Letter from Deborah Weston, Weymouth, [Mass.], June 2 / [18]54

Title:: Letter from Deborah Weston, Weymouth, [Mass.], June 2 / [18]54
Author:: Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Date:: [June 2, 1854]
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
Fugitive slaves
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Burns, Anthony, 1834-1862
Emerson, John F.
Everett, Edward, 1794-1865
Hallett, Benjamin Franklin, 1797-1862
Ricketson, Joseph, 1815-1876
Robbins, James M. (James Murray), 1796-1885
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:: 1 leaf (2 p.) ; 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/vm418111r
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Place of origin:: Weymouth, [Mass.]
Language:: English
Notes:: Holograph, signed with initials.
Deborah Weston is infuriated by the account of the Anthony Burns case, a fugitive slave. She will call a meeting in New Bedford for the purpose of demanding Clifford's resignation. Deborah says that "James Robbins call Edward Everett nothing but 'Uriah Heep' & Wendell has promised to call B. F Hallet[t], B. F. Haynau, & make the name stick." The churches in Weymouth prayed for Anthony Burns. Joe and Fanny Ricketson gave Deborah "considerable news" of New Bedford. John F. Emerson has been given a six months' rest.
Notes (date):: This date is inferred.
Identifier:: 3132742
Call #:: Ms.A.9.2 v.28, p.14
Barcode:: 39999063104994
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