Ricketson, Joseph
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Holograph, signedThe first page of this letter is missingJoseph Ricketson writes: "The President has finally been obliged to proclaim Emancipation---would that it could have been stronger and immediate---snail like the cause is progressing---but I think surely." Ricketson comments on a Republican convention. He gives an account of his wife's illness. He mentions the "Woman's Rights" movementIncludes envelope with the delivery address: Miss D. Weston, Weymouth, Mass'tts
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Internet ArchiveKeywords
- Antislavery Movements
- Ricketson, Joseph
- Slaver
- Slaves
- Weston, Deborah, B. 1814
- Women
- Women Abolitionists
- Women's Rights