Letter from Mary Weston to Deborah Weston, Sab[b]ath Evening, Sept. 11, [1836]

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Mary Weston to Deborah Weston, Sab[b]ath Evening, Sept. 11, [1836]
Author:
Weston, Mary, 1786-1860
Addressee:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Date:
[September 11, 1836]
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
Sabbath
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Weston, Mary, 1786-1860
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 x 7 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43qd796
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Mary Weston begins this letter with a discussion of letters. She gives much news of the family. She mentions the death of Brinkley(?) Colson. She discusses various anti-slavery meetings in which Maria Weston Chapman attacked the clergy and the Sabbath. Maria W. Chapman thought the anti-slavery cause might have become too popular for William Lloyd Garrison.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
3134374
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.3, p.24
Barcode:
39999066746734
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