Letter from Anne Warren Weston, No. 5 Poplar Street, Boston, to Maria Weston Chapman and Henry Grafton Chapman, January 15, 1841
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Holograph, signed.Anne Warren Weston gives an account of daily events. The Middlesex meeting at Concord was small but spirited. She gives news of acquaintances. Tells of a report that John Smith of Andover, aided by men from Methuen, was "to march upon us at the time of the Annual Meeting [of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society?] and turn out all the Board but [Samuel E.] Sewall..." Anne tells of her experiences while petitioning, in one case having been shown down the back way. Henry Chapman's father has received "a very pretty & complimentary letter from Mrs. Child about your going away." Having found that "there was great distress on account of the Standard," Anne has asked the board (of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society?) to give the Standard $100. Isaac Winslow will pay $200 if the Standard will be put on the same basis as the Liberator by buying the type. Anne has urged "Joy of Nantucket" to give money. Repeatedly mentions the Rev. (Edward Norris?) Kirk. There is brief mention of Gertrude Chapman. Praises William M. Chase.On the third and fourth page, there is a separate letter from Caroline Weston to Maria and Henry Chapman. Caroline explains an allusion made by Anne W. Weston, in her letter, regarding Mr. Mosley's courtship of Lucy Parsons. The Pennsylvania Freeman has been suspended for a month; the Friend of Man has been stopped; and supposedly that the Herald of Freedom cannot be published. Caroline just received the Standard, and knows it is safe...
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- Abolitionists
- Antislavery Movements
- Boston
- Chace, William M. 1814 1862
- Chapman, Gertrude 1840 1841
- Chapman, Henry Grafton 1804 1842
- Chapman, Maria Weston 1806 1885
- Congresses
- Congresses And Conventions
- Correspondence
- Herald Of Freedom (Concord, N.H. : 1835)
- History
- Kirk, Edward Norris 1802 1874
- Martineau, Harriet 1802 1876
- Massachusetts
- National Anti Slavery Standard
- Pennsylvania Freeman
- Pennsylvannia Freeman
- Petitions
- Pierpont, John 1785 1866
- Slaver
- Slavery
- United States
- Weston, Anne Warren 1812 1890
- Weston, Caroline 1808 1882
- Winslow, Isaac
- Women
- Women Abolitionists