"Holograph, signed with initials. Deborah Weston saw the temperance procession. Abby Kelley and Mrs. Eliza C. Follen heard William White make a good speech. Following his speech, Nathaniel Colver said that \"moral suasion would do nothing for a drunkard.\" The Hutchinsons sang superbly, and Gov. G.N. Briggs presented a silver cup to Holbrook. Deborah describes the proceedings and excitements of the New England Anti-Slavery Convention at Marlboro Chapel, where a vote was taken for disunion. Deborah said: \"[George] Bradburn was in a quiet way as ugly as Cain.\" William White \"tried to clog the wheels in a good humoured way.\" The disunion vote was 247 to 23 in favor of it. A speech by Frederick Douglass was interrupted by an insolent stranger. In the evening, Charles C. Burleigh, at the convention, presented a banner to William L. Garrison for the American Anti-Slavery Society. \"All the debts of the A[merican] Soc[iety] will be paid next week part of the money borrowed.\" Deborah tells about letters received, including one from Warren Weston from Singapore. A postscript states that the Southwicks, Maria White, and James Russell Lowell voted \"no\" [for secession?]."
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"Letter from Deborah Weston, New Bedford no [sic] Boston, 39 Summer Street, to Caroline Weston, Sat. morn[ing], [June 1, 1844]"
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"Weston, Deborah, b. 1814 (Author); Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882 (Addressee)"
