Letter from Deborah Weston, Boston, [Mass.], to Caroline Weston, May 26, 1840, Wednesday

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Title:
Letter from Deborah Weston, Boston, [Mass.], to Caroline Weston, May 26, 1840, Wednesday
Author:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Addressee:
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Date:
May 26, 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
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Clapp, Henry
National anti-slavery standard
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wm118789m
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Boston, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed with initials.
Deborah Weston refers to a meeting that "was glorious," having "the largest audiences I ever saw at an anti S.[lavery] meeting." She says that "[Henry?] Clapp made a fool of himself & was excessively mortified." She gives family news. Deborah notes that the price of the newspaper, the National Anti-Slavery Standard has been lowered, and gives the number of subscriptions secured by her sisters.
Identifier:
3132716
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.13, p.76
Barcode:
39999063104655
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