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Partial letter from Caroline Weston to Maria Weston Chapman, [1841?]

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Holograph, signed.Caroline Weston briefly discusses the struggle with the London Committee. She says that "[Joel Prentiss] Bishop is beginning to repent..." "Henry Grew came in the Britannia...he reports that Mr. Bate's passage is taken for May..." She mentions the failure of the U.S. Bank. She discusses the Liberty Convention having "...about 40 persons present--& Torrey Lying at such a rate that even the 40 were dismayed..." She mentions Amos A. Phelps. Phelps and [Charles Turner] Torrey intend to publish "The Free American." "...The Emancipator was going down--Sam Sewell did not seem comfortable." Warren Weston is going to Russia soon. She warns Maria Chapman to avoid catching yellow fever.The first part of the letter is missing.
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Bishop, Joel Prentiss 1814 1901
  4. Boston
  5. Chapman, Maria Weston 1806 1885
  6. Correspondence
  7. Great Britain
  8. History
  9. Liberty Party (U.S. : 1840 1848)
  10. Massachusetts
  11. Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus) 1805 1847
  12. Slaver
  13. Torrey, Charles T. (Charles Turner) 1813 1846
  14. United States
  15. Weston, Caroline 1808 1882
  16. Weston, R. Warren (Richard Warren) 1819 1873
  17. Women
  18. Women Abolitionists

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