Transcribe Text (Collaborative) Anti-Slavery Letters: 1800-1839 page

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date
"1836"
notes
"Holograph, signed. Deborah Weston begins the letter with a recital of small details such as the receipt of mail with a bundle containing sugar, that she sent pillows and a bolster to the Garrisons, and her health, etc. Deborah writes: \"My school still continues pleasant & I hear my scholars like me very much...\" She met B.F. Hallett [perhaps Benjamin Franklin Hallett] at the Mansion House. She had a visit from Mr. & Mrs. Angier. She argued with Mr. Choules about the \"wine question.\" Deborah has circulated an [anti-slavery] petition.She will send some things to Caroline by a man named Bent. She called on Mrs. Andrew Robeson."
title
"Letter from Deborah Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Caroline Weston, Monday night, 1836. It is now 12 o'clock at night"
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creators
"Weston, Deborah, b. 1814 (Author); Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882 (Addressee)"
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"15582"
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language
"English"
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""
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"commonwealth:vm417x40d"
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"http://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/vm417x40d"
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"Ms.A.9.2 v.8, p.1"
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"2797886"
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"39999063104077; mq8390484"
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physical_description
"1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 7/8 x 7 3/4 in."