Letter from Caroline Weston, Roxbury, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston, Thursday noon, [June 1841?]
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Holograph, signed.Caroline Weston discusses her school, the Chapman children, Henry G. Chapman's health and a long breathing tube designed to cure tuberculosis. She talks about a board meeting and a disagreement between Mrs. Lydia Maria Child and William L. Garrison. She mentions John A. Collins. She reports on family members and their activities. Caroline said: "Weld came to tell Henry about the earthquake" (which seems to have been in Haiti). Caroline Weston tells of the experiences of the ship "Dirago."There is cross-writing on the first three pages of this letter.
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