"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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"Partial letter from Joseph Ricketson, [New York?], to Deborah Weston, [1863 April?]"
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"Ricketson, Joseph, 1815-1876 (Author); Weston, Deborah, b. 1814 (Addressee)"
