[Letter to] My Dear Debora[h]
Contributors: Weston, Deborah, b. 1814. recipient
Series: Deborah Weston Correspondence (1830-1879)
Published: 1836
Place of publication: [Weymouth, Mass.]
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Correspondence; Slaves; Emancipation; Women abolitionists; Antislavery movements; History
Notes: Holograph, signed.

Mary Weston begins this letter with family news. She says that Emma Weston went for a ride with Henry Cowing in "a civered [sic] waggon." She tells about the actions of Rev. Jonas Perkins at a meeting. Perkins did not think that emancipation of the slaves could be accomplished without bloodshed. She describes a meeting of an anti-slavery society. Mary Weston discusses Betsy White's funeral and a lecture by Charles Fitch. Ezra Weston induced a sea captain to bring Augustus Hesse home. Mary Weston is planning some visits.