[Letter to] Dear Deborah
Contributors: Weston, Deborah, b.1814 recipient
Series: Deborah Weston Correspondence (1830-1879)
Published: 1861
Place of publication: New Bedford, [Mass.]
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Correspondence; Women abolitionists; Antislavery movements; History
Notes: Holograph, signed.

The arrival of three vessels with wheat and corn kept Joseph Ricketson from attending the Unitarian Convention. He tells of initiating "Joey" into the business of the mill. Joseph Ricketson writes about Joey: "I think he is in as good a situation as can be for his condition---I am proud of him. He is a thorough Abolitionist..." Joseph Ricketson gives news of various people. The death of Frederick Parker was due to his drinking cider from a bottle which once had "cobalt" in it.