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Letter from Richard Warren Weston, New York, to Deborah Weston, 9 May 1863

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Holograph, signed.This letter is concerned with the affairs of a person with the initial "C." R. Warren Weston asks Deborah Weston and other family members to visit him. He discusses the commercial situation of the Civil War. He writes: "Louisiana is entering our possession, & we shall soon have Vicksburg. Gold on Hooker's retreat went to 56---this morning tis 50 1/2..." R. Warren Weston asks if Augustus Hesse was in the fight.
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Keywords

  1. Antislavery Movements
  2. Boston
  3. Civil War
  4. Civil War, 1861 1865
  5. Correspondence
  6. Economic Aspects
  7. Hesse, Augustus D. 1867
  8. History
  9. Massachusetts
  10. Slaver
  11. United States
  12. Weston, Deborah B. 1814
  13. Weston, R. Warren (Richard Warren) 1819 1873
  14. Women
  15. Women Abolitionists

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