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Letter from Charlotte Cowles in Farmington, Connecticut, to her brother Samuel Cowles in Boston, Massachusetts. She described the anti-abolition meeting held in town and how she wrote down the names of all the people she knew. Timothy Pitkin displayed an anti-slavery handkerchief to the consternation of the crowd. There were six ladies who attended but did not stay long, because women are always on the right side. The Anti-Slavery Society has a constitution and many residents are signing it. She was looking forward to the publication of James G. Birney's publication of the Philanthropist. Cousin Austin Williams was teaching singing once a week.

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Connecticut Historical Society

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