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Letter from Abby Kimber, Philad[elphi]a, [Pa.], to Richard Davis Webb, [October 4, 1863]

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Manuscript is dated "10/4/63".Abby Kimber writes Richard D. Webb with her account of the wedding day of James Miller M'Kim's daughter, Annie. Kimber states that it was a beautiful and joyous occassion, that that their spirits remain high in spite of the war. Kimber recounts that several of the groomsmen were members of the Massachusetts Colored Regiments, and that Lucretia Mott "beautifully reminded the young people of their duties to those who had been oppressed". Kimber copies for Webb a letter written by Mary Grew to James Miller M'Kim, which was read at the ceremony.
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Civil War
  4. Civil War, 1861 1865
  5. Correspondence
  6. Grew, Mary 1813 1896
  7. History
  8. Johnson, Oliver 1809 1889
  9. Kimber, Abby 1804 1871
  10. M'kim, J. Miller (James Miller) 1810 1874
  11. Slaver
  12. United States
  13. Webb, Richard Davis 1805 1872

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