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Letter from Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Worcester, [Mass.], to Miss Weston, Sept. 13, [1854]

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Holograph, signed.Thomas Wentworth Higginson writes: "To speak at fairs appears to me the only real martyrdom of the 19th century--for who can be inspired among pincushions?" Higginson is coming to Weymouth on Oct 12 unless his trial occurs during the week or his wife's illness should require his attendance.
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  1. Anti Slavery Fairs
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Boston
  4. Correspondence
  5. Higginson, Thomas Wentworth 1823 1911
  6. History
  7. Massachusetts
  8. Slaver
  9. United States
  10. Weston, Miss
  11. Women
  12. Women Abolitionists

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