Letter from Deborah Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, Jan. 6, 1840, Monday morning

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Title:
Letter from Deborah Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, Jan. 6, 1840, Monday morning
Author:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Addressee:
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Date:
January 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
Smallpox--Vaccination
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 10 x 7 5/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wm118745j
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 of her troubles in getting the local ministers to read notices of anti-slavery meetings at church services. Deborah was vaccinated [for smallpox] at Mrs. John F. Emerson's. She praises the Emerson's baby.
Identifier:
3132709
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.13, p.7
Barcode:
39999063104580
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