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Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Anne Warren Weston, August 12th, 1851

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Holograph, signed.Richard Davis Webb enjoyed his stay in London very much. Anne Warren Weston's sisters, Mrs. Eliza Lee Cabot Follen and her sister, John Bishop Estlin and his "admirable daughter & my own equally admirable wife were there" and also "that grand and good woman Harriet Martineau." Richard D. Webb has "a perfect passion for Westons." He likes Harriet Martineau "not for the last book she published in conjunction with Mr. Atkinson (who was there too) and which has brought such a storm of reprobation upon her---but for her moral courage, her kindliness, good nature, benevolence, pluck, and thorough excellence and uprightness." Richard D. Webb looks upon Anne W. Weston as "a new and more agreeable edition of Solon." Richard D. Webb's brother holds Mrs. Chapman in awe, and Mrs. Richard D. Webb is delighted with her. Richard D. Webb received a letter from Miss Estlin about the happy time she had in Devonshire with Anne W. Weston's sisters. Webb comments on the Estlins: "I have never seen father and daughter so beautifully united." He hopes that Mrs. Chapman & Co. will visit Stonehenge; he refers to his own article on that mysterious relic of Stonehenge that was printed in the National Anti-Slavery Standard. He hopes that Mrs. Chapman's party will visit Dublin, but admits that the place is not attractive to visitors. He refers to some verses by Anne Warren Weston entitled the "Comeouters." He is pleased that Anne W. Weston's sisters have at last met Elizabeth Pease. He...
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Keywords

  1. Antislavery Movements
  2. Boston
  3. Chapman, Maria Weston 1806 1885
  4. Correspondence
  5. Estlin, J. B. (John Bishop) 1785 1855
  6. Estlin, Mary Anne 1820 1902
  7. History
  8. Martineau, Harriet 1802 1876
  9. Massachusetts
  10. Nichol, Elizabeth Pease 1807 1897
  11. Phillips, Wendell 1811 1884
  12. Slaver
  13. United States
  14. Webb, Richard Davis 1805 1872
  15. Weston, Anne Warren 1812 1890
  16. Women
  17. Women Abolitionists

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