Letter from Deborah Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Mary Weston, Sept. 17, 1836, Saturday morning

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Title:
Letter from Deborah Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Mary Weston, Sept. 17, 1836, Saturday morning
Author:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Addressee:
Weston, Mary, 1786-1860
Date:
September 17, 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
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Weston, Mary, 1786-1860
Bent, N. T. (Nathaniel Tucker), 1810-1856
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/vm417x84g
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
New Bedford, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Deborah Weston is very eager for news from Weymouth and "is troubled with a feeling that nothing can get on well without me." She describes her stay in New Bedford, her arrival and her visit with Mr. & Mrs. [Nathaniel T.] Bent. She retells the episode of the slaveholder's visit and her conversation with Mr. Bent [see letter from Deborah Weston to Caroline Weston, [17] Sept. 1836, Call No. Ms.A.9.2, v.8, p.44]. Deborah told Mr. Bent "that now he could not deny that he was a thorough pro-slavery man." Deborah writes about Mr. Emerson's school, comparing statistics of pupils at his school with those at the academy. Whenever Deborah feels discontented or melancholy, she recalls her longing to be able to do something "to help us along," and her "desires are now gratified." She gives news of acquaintances. Deborah refused to hear the slaveholder, despite Mr. Bent threatening to turn Deborah out of doors if she did not.
Identifier:
2797770
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.8, p.50
Barcode:
39999063104036
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