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Extract of letter from Anne Warren Weston, 39 Summer Street, Boston, March 6th, 1843
1843-03-06
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Extract of letter handwritten by unknown person. Whereabouts of original manuscript unknown.
- Title:
- Extract of letter from Anne Warren Weston, 39 Summer Street, Boston, March 6th, 1843
- Creator:
- Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
- Date Created:
- 1843-03-06
- Description:
Extract of letter handwritten by unknown person. Whereabouts of original manuscript unknown.
Anne Warren Weston gives an account of Frederick Douglass' lecture. Douglass spoke in a familiar vein and kept the audience laughing. Mrs. Tyler remembered having seen him in Baltimore. His master was a Mr. Merriman, and Douglass's real name was Edward. Warren Weston "stepped up to him quietly & called him 'Edward' at which he started as though he had been shot."
Item details
- Partner:
- Digital Commonwealth
- Contributing Institution:
- Boston Public Library
- Subjects:
- Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Weston, Anne Warren 1812-1890
Douglass, Frederick 1818-1895 - Type:
- text
- Format:
- CorrespondenceManuscripts
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