Letter from Deborah Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Mary Weston, Jan 5th, 1840, Sunday evening

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Title:
Letter from Deborah Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Mary Weston, Jan 5th, 1840, Sunday evening
Author:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Addressee:
Weston, Mary, 1786-1860
Date:
January 5, 1840
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Anti-slavery fairs
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Smallpox
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Weston, Mary, 1786-1860
Robeson, Andrew, 1787-1862
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 x 7 5/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wm1187405
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 tells about peddling the "fair articles" brought from Boston, and receiving $28 for them. The New Bedford fair was attended by the "fashionables." John A. Collins came to New Bedford to raise money, and has been very successful. Andrew Robeson gave him $100. Deborah is anxious about "the annuity," but delighted with news from the Boston fair. Referring to the fear of smallpox in Weymouth, Deborah says that she is living in the midst of it. She elaborates on the topic: "A vile place called Dog Corner, very near us is the headquarters of the contagion." Deborah was re-vaccinated today. [George] Bradburn's lectures were called very good, and "abolition is in most excellent odour here."
Identifier:
3132708
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.13, p.5
Barcode:
39999063104572
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