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Letter from Charlotte Cowles in Farmington, Connecticut, to her brother Samuel Cowles in Hartford, Connecticut. She noted the arrival of various Aunts and Uncles. She alluded to the incident she could not write to Samuel about in a previous letter as "the pursuit" that was common talk in Unionville and was being spread through Farmington as well. Charlotte did not have kind words for people who go telling stories. She announced that Miss Sara T. Smith of the Ladies New York City Anti-Slavery Society would be speaking at Union Hall on Friday. Mr. Day expressed his dislike of women speaking in public, and Charlotte's response to Samuel was that with Victoria soon to be Queen of England, why would anyone find it odd for women to speak in public. She concluded with the names of the books she was reading and news of neighbors and family coming and going.
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Cowles, Charlotte, 1820-1866Cowles, Samuel, 1814-1872
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- Family
- Gossip
- Reading
- Smith, Sarah T
- Victoria, Queen Of Great Britain, 1819 1901
- Women
- Women Abolitionists