Letter from Anne Warren Weston, 39 Summer St., [Boston], to Caroline Weston and Deborah Weston, Sunday, February 10, [1841?]

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Place of origin:
39 Summer St., [Boston]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Anne W. Weston went to an anti-capital punishment meeting at the State House. She met Henry Clapp, who explained his actions in the Rogers case. She says Mrs. Lydia Maria Child thought she was badly treated in the disposition of the National Anti-Slavery Standard. She describes a trip to Fitchburg and an anti-slavery fair in Worcester. She tells about the people she met there, including the Snows, Hutchinsons, etc. She discusses Garrison's correspondence with John Bailey. She gives an account of her visits and visitors with special emphasis on Wendell Phillips.
Identifier:
2794447
Call #:
MS A.9.2 v.4, p. 28
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39999064320565
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