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Letter from Joseph Ricketson, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston, 4th mo[nth] 28th [day] 1861

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Holograph, signed.In this letter, Joseph Ricketson gives news of the death of his dear uncle James Thornton. Aunt Phoebe Horton, the sister of James Thornton, is the only survivor out of 13 children. Joseph Ricketson praises Mr. Potter's sermon on Mr. Morgan. Ricketson believes that "these are glorious times; we are all up to the mark here." The new Methodist minister "was all fight, was willing to go himself." In the Unitarian church, "Potter gave a Rouser of a sermon." Joseph Ricketson describes the military preparations: "Our guards went of [sic] in good spirits, and with determined looks and will undoubtedly do their duty--Mr. Clifford addressed them from the steps of the City Hall before they left." Ladies sewed seven days and nights. Joseph Ricketson, however, adhered more closely than ever to his non-fighting principles. Joseph Ricketson's nephew, Gilbert Thornton, has been driven out of Virginia. Business is good.
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Keywords

  1. Antislavery Movements
  2. Boston
  3. Correspondence
  4. History
  5. Massachusetts
  6. Potter, Reverend
  7. Ricketson, Joseph 1815 1876
  8. Slaver
  9. Thornton, James D. 1861
  10. United States
  11. Weston, Deborah B. 1814
  12. Women
  13. Women Abolitionists

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