Incomplete letter from Joseph Ricketson, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston, 2 mo[nth] 22 [day] 1860

Title:: Incomplete letter from Joseph Ricketson, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston, 2 mo[nth] 22 [day] 1860
Author:: Ricketson, Joseph, 1815-1876
Addressee:: Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Date:: February 22, 1860
Format:: Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:: Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):: Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:: Lyceums--Massachusetts
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Lyceums
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Ricketson, Joseph, 1815-1876
Brown, John, 1800-1859
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Potter, Reverend
Furness, William Henry, 1802-1896
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:: 1 leaf (4 p.) ; 8 x 5 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20vf52m
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Place of origin:: New Bedford, [Mass.]
Language:: English
Notes:: Holograph.
The end of this letter is missing. Joseph Ricketson writes that he was prevented in the last minute from attending the festival. Mr. (William Henry) Furness preached the ordination sermon for Mr. Potter, which was "the most beautiful sermon I ever heard---Mr. Potter is imbued with the same beautiful spirit and is doing a great work." The Lyceum lectures have, with a few exceptions, been miserable. Wendell Phillips gave a "powerful & beautiful lecture on John Brown." Joseph Ricketson describes the skating rage in New Bedford.
Identifier:: 3133954
Call #:: Ms.A.9.2 v.30, p.39A
Barcode:: 39999066779784
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