Letter from Lucia Weston, Boston, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston, December 18th, 1836

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Title:
Letter from Lucia Weston, Boston, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston, December 18th, 1836
Author:
Weston, Lucia, 1822-1861
Addressee:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Date:
December 18, 1836
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Anti-slavery fairs
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Lucia, 1822-1861
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 9 7/8 x 7 3/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/7s75dn164
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Boston, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Lucia Weston says that she and Mrs. Maria W. Chapman and and others worked on the anti-slavery fair. She discusses embroidering mottoes on articles to be sold at the anti-slavery fair. She describes the great numbers of visitors who called on her. She tells of incidents at the fair.
Identifier:
3132817
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.8, p.89
Barcode:
39999063098972
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