Letter from George Thompson, Portland, Maine, to Anne Warren Weston, Thursday night, 11 P.M., [6? Feb. 1851]

Item Information

Title:
Letter from George Thompson, Portland, Maine, to Anne Warren Weston, Thursday night, 11 P.M., [6? Feb. 1851]
Author:
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Addressee:
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Date:
[February 6, 1851?]
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
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
2 leaves (8 p.) ; 6 1/4 x 4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wm118m951
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Portland, Maine
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
George Thompson describes his lecture, in which he protested against an attack on him in an editorial of the Portland Evening News. To the delight of the audience, the author of the editorial was present at the lecture.
See Call No. Ms.A.13.1 p.11d for a copy of the Feb. 5, 1851, editorial in the Portland Evening News, which was mentioned and enclosed in this letter.
See Call No. Ms.A.1.1 p.11c for a note by George Thompson with instructions to buy $5 dollars worth of papers; this note may have been enclosed with this letter.
Identifier:
3132500
Call #:
Ms.A.13.1 p.11 (a-b)
Barcode:
39999063102196
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