Letter from George Thompson, New Bedford, Mass, to Anne Warren Weston, Sunday Evening, 1/2 past 11 P.M., February 2, 1851

Item Information

Title:
Letter from George Thompson, New Bedford, Mass, to Anne Warren Weston, Sunday Evening, 1/2 past 11 P.M., February 2, 1851
Author:
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Addressee:
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Date:
February 2, 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
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 8 1/2 x 7 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wm118n41x
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
New Bedford, Mass
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
George Thompson describes four anti-slavery meetings in New Bedford, at which he and William Lloyd Garrison were the speakers. Thompson comments: "The last gathering was a bumper."
On the first page of the letter, there are two layers of writing, lengthwise and crosswise.
Includes an envelope with a seal. The delivery address is: "Miss Anne Warren Weston, (Captain Weston's), Weymouth, Mass." With a notation in the lower left corner: "from G.T."
Identifier:
3132505
Call #:
Ms.A.13.1 p.17 (a & b)
Barcode:
39999063102261
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