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<dl><dd>Holograph, signed</dd>
<dd>The first page of this letter is missing</dd>
<dd>Joseph Ricketson writes: "The President has finally been obliged to proclaim Emancipation---would that it could have been stronger and immediate---snail like the cause is progressing---but I think surely." Ricketson comments on a Republican convention. He gives an account of his wife's illness. He mentions the "Woman's Rights" movement</dd>
<dd>Includes envelope with the delivery address: Miss D. Weston, Weymouth, Mass'tts</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Weston, Deborah, b. 1814; Ricketson, Joseph; Women's rights; Slaves; Antislavery movements; Women abolitionists</div>
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<dl><dd>Ricketson, Joseph</dd>
<dd>Weston, Deborah, b.1814 recipient</dd></dl></div>
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