Letter from Anne Warren Weston, 11 West Street, [Boston], to Deborah Weston, Thursday. Aug. 6th, [1839-1840?]

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Anne Warren Weston, 11 West Street, [Boston], to Deborah Weston, Thursday. Aug. 6th, [1839-1840?]
Author:
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Addressee:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Date:
[August 6, 1839?–August 6, 1840?]
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, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Knapp, Isaac, 1804-1843
Bowditch, Henry I. (Henry Ingersoll), 1808-1892
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wm118100z
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
11 West Street, [Boston]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed with initials "AWW."
Anne Warren Weston quotes Alanson St. Clair as saying that Rev. Isaac(?) Knapp "is in articulo mortis metaphorically." Discusses a new bedstead for Lizzy Chapman. Went to call on Mrs. Henry Ingersoll Bowditch. Describes Dr. Bowditch's library. "I sent a petition to Elizabeth Ford..." Enos Ford returned it with expressions of disapproval. Family news follows. Mentions the Chapmans.
Identifier:
3132285
Call #:
MS A.9.2 v.3, p.68
Barcode:
39999064320052
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