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Holograph, signedAnne Warren Weston tells about J.A. Collin's departure for England. Hervey Weston packed his trunk. Gives contents of a letter from Harriet Martineau and reports on an article contributed to the Liberty Bell by Lady Byron. James and Lucretia Mott and Mary Grew have returned. At the monthly concert of prayer for the slaves, "Mr. [William] Ladd peeled like an onion." She gave Dr. Taylor an "abundance of good advice." N.P. Rogers and his wife dined here. Anne describes Mrs. Rogers. Comments of W.O. Duvall, who "seems to see through millstones." Oliver Johnson is going to New York to edit(?) the Standard, with Rogers to write leading articles." George Combe declined writing for the Liberty Bell because he was writing a phrenological book in which he discusses slavery. Gives dates of forthcoming anti-slavery fairs. Tells of cases of typhus fever

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