Letter from Caroline Weston to the Essex County Olive Branch Circle

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Caroline Weston to the Essex County Olive Branch Circle
Author:
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Addressee:
Essex County Olive Branch Circle
Date:
[ca. 1832–1867]
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, Caroline, 1808-1882
Essex County Olive Branch Circle
Boston Ladies' Peace Society
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 x 7 3/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wm118540r
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
The Boston Ladies' Peace Society has directed Caroline Weston to send this message and "...permit us now to assure you of the interest we feel in the Great Cause which you have espoused--of our earnest desire that men may learn war no more..." Caroline says that her society has been in operation for more than a year, has had frequent meetings and has "read & circulated many of the valuable publications of the the A[merican] Peace Society." She asks for a copy of the constitution of the Essex County Circle.
Identifier:
3132588
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.6, p.77
Barcode:
39999063101404
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