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Holograph, signed with initials.Deborah Weston saw the temperance procession. Abby Kelley and Mrs. Eliza C. Follen heard William White make a good speech. Following his speech, Nathaniel Colver said that "moral suasion would do nothing for a drunkard." The Hutchinsons sang superbly, and Gov. G.N. Briggs presented a silver cup to Holbrook. Deborah describes the proceedings and excitements of the New England Anti-Slavery Convention at Marlboro Chapel, where a vote was taken for disunion. Deborah said: "[George] Bradburn was in a quiet way as ugly as Cain." William White "tried to clog the wheels in a good humoured way." The disunion vote was 247 to 23 in favor of it. A speech by Frederick Douglass was interrupted by an insolent stranger. In the evening, Charles C. Burleigh, at the convention, presented a banner to William L. Garrison for the American Anti-Slavery Society. "All the debts of the A[merican] Soc[iety] will be paid next week part of the money borrowed." Deborah tells about letters received, including one from Warren Weston from Singapore.A postscript states that the Southwicks, Maria White, and James Russell Lowell voted "no" [for secession?].

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