Letter from Andrew Paton, Glasgow, [Scotland], to Anne Warren Weston, 15th Nov. 1850

Title:: Letter from Andrew Paton, Glasgow, [Scotland], to Anne Warren Weston, 15th Nov. 1850
Author:: Paton, Andrew, 1805-1884
Addressee:: Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Date:: November 15, 1850
Format:: Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:: Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):: Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:: Abolitionists--Scotland
Anti-slavery fairs
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Paton, Andrew, 1805-1884
Pennington, James W. C.
Glasgow Female Anti-Slavery Society
Places:: Suffolk (county) > Boston
Scotland
Extent:: 3 leaves (9 p.) ; 10 1/8 x 7 7/8 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20vb317
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Place of origin:: Glasgow, [Scotland]
Language:: English
Notes:: Holograph, signed.
This letter was sent with a shipment of contributions from Jane Wigham to the Boston Anti-Slavery Bazaar. Andrew Paton refers to a new anti-slavery society that formed "on acc[oun]t of the want of orthodoxy in our American friends." A black Presbyterian minister named Dr. Pennington helped the society to get started.
Included with this letter, is a list of articles sent by the Glasgow Female Anti-Slavery Society to the Boston Anti-Slavery Bazaar.
Identifier:: 2808784
Call #:: Ms.A.9.2 v.25, p.45
Barcode:: 39999066780634
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