Letter from Deborah Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, March 14th [through 15th], 1839, Thursday morn[ing] [through Friday]

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Title:
Letter from Deborah Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, March 14th [through 15th], 1839, Thursday morn[ing] [through Friday]
Author:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Addressee:
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Date:
[March 14, 1839–March 15, 1839]
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
Choules, John Overton, 1801-1856
Lincoln, Levi, 1782-1868
Stanton, Henry B. (Henry Brewster), 1805-1887
St. Clair, Alanson
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wm117z257
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.
Deborah Weston is delighted with "brother [John A.] Collins." She asks where "that villain of a [Henry Brewster] Stanton" is. She writes about the activities and discussions of the Unitarians in New Bedford. Deborah repeats a humorous story about Mr. [John Overton?] Choules at the Federal Street church. Referring to "the report on colour by Mr. [Levi] Lincoln," Deborah comments: "What a fool he is." She inquires about Minot and the Dorchester women (petitioners). Alanson St. Clair is lecturing at Fairhaven.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
3132667
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.11, p.60
Barcode:
39999063104309
mq8391753