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Letter to] Dear Aunt Mary [manuscript

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Holograph, signed with initialsAnne Warren Weston met Minot Thomas, who "appeared to be quite an Abolitionist & as he is a great Democrat too; of course we joined battle on 3d party." Arriving in town, Anne found that Maria Weston Chapman had kept a log during her absence, allowing Anne to report on the principal events in this letter. Mr. John Pierpont is writing a piece called "Nebuchadnezzar" for the Liberty Bell. ["Nebuchadnezzar" was a poem printed on pp. 58-73 of the Liberty Bell, in the issue for 1844.] Charles Sumner has sent Maria W. Chapman a very good collection of American autographs. There should be a good meeting at Faneuil Hall tonight, with Garrison, Wendell Phillips, Dr. (William Henry?) Channing, and Amasa Walker speakingThis letter is written on the verso and a blank page of the printed circular, Address of the Committee of the Tenth Massachusetts Anti-Slavery fair
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  1. Antislavery Movements
  2. Minot, Thomas
  3. Pierpont, John, 1785 1866
  4. Slaver
  5. Sumner, Charles, 1811 1874
  6. Weston, Anne Warren, 1812 1890
  7. Weston, Mary, 1786 1860
  8. Women
  9. Women Abolitionists

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