Letter from Anne Warren Weston to Deborah Weston, Sept. 3, [1837?], Sunday evening

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Title:
Letter from Anne Warren Weston to Deborah Weston, Sept. 3, [1837?], Sunday evening
Author:
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Addressee:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Date:
[September 3, 1837?]
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
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Townsend, Mary
Farnsworth, Amos, 1788-1861
Everett, Alexander Hill, 1790-1847
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 5/8 x 7 3/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wm118105b
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Anne mentions a meeting in which Alexander Hill Everett was present, which was terminated by the illness of Angelina Grimke; the visits of Dr. Amos Farnsworth and Mrs. Lydia Maria Child, and a sermon by Mr. Peabody. Tells about circulating a petition. She went to a meeting of the Moral Reform Society. She describes visiting Mary Townsend: "They live in old-fashioned magnificence , armchairs covered with yellow damask and pictures on the walls." Anne says that she is not interested in the activities of the Free Church. Gives instructions about the mail and a lot of family news.
Identifier:
3132202
Call #:
MS A.9.2 v.3, p.69
Barcode:
39999063210114
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