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Partial letter from Joseph Ricketson, [New York?], to Deborah Weston, [1863 April?]

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Holograph, signed.The first page of this letter is missing.Joseph 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" movement.Includes envelope with the delivery address: Miss D. Weston, Weymouth, Mass'tts.
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Keywords

  1. Antislavery Movements
  2. Boston
  3. Correspondence
  4. Emancipation
  5. History
  6. Massachusetts
  7. Ricketson, Joseph 1815 1876
  8. Slaver
  9. Slaves
  10. United States
  11. Weston, Deborah B. 1814
  12. Women
  13. Women Abolitionists
  14. Women's Rights

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