Letter from Caroline Weston to Deborah Weston, [Friday, Feb. 23, 1839?]

Title:: Letter from Caroline Weston to Deborah Weston, [Friday, Feb. 23, 1839?]
Author:: Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Addressee:: Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Date:: [February 23, 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
African Americans--Colonization
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
St. Clair, Alanson
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:: 1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wm1185208
Terms of Use:: No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.

Language:: English
Notes:: Holograph.
The first part of this letter is in the form of a diary. Caroline Weston tells about a colonization meeting, speeches by John Hilton and John White Browne, the Anti-Slavery offices being filled with people attracted by the colonization debate, a visit to the Garrisons, Alanson St. Clair's resignation, Edmund Quincy, and family doings. On page three of the manuscript, is a letter from Caroline Weston to Deborah Weston. Caroline discusses the possibility of changing schools.
Identifier:: 3132538
Call #:: Ms.A.9.2 v.6, p.69
Barcode:: 39999063102683
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