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God's voice crying to the Inhabitants of Weymouth and the neighbouring...

Old Arnold Tavern 1775, Weymouth, Massachusetts

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Draft letter from Cotton Tufts, Weymouth, to Mrs. Adams, 24 Feb 1800

Death of Washington. Also contains notes about subsequent letter Tufts wrote March 14. On reverse, draft letter to President Adams (dated 2 Dec 1800) about safe arrival in Washington. Courtesy of Weymouth Publi... More

Draft letter from Cotton Tufts to Abigail Adams[?], 29 Dec 1800

Adams' returning after 1800 election. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Draft letter from Cotton Tufts, Weymouth, to John Adams[?], 25 Feb[?]1...

Refers to January 19th letter and the several matters mentioned in it to which he has attended. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Oldest shop of record (1808) (Front Street)

Oldest shoe shop of record - circa 1808 (sketch) Front Street, Wey. Mass. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Constitution and minutes of The Society for the Reformation of Morals,...

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Address on temperance to the Society for the Reformation of Morals

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Letter and small note on pharmacy letterhead, draft for Inscription in...

Draft inscription for an album when Maria Weston Chapman went to England for her education. Also, note by Mary Fifield King on pharmacy letterhead at a much later date. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tu... More

Herbarium - Public domain botanical illustration

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Letter from Melania Ammidon, Female Anti-slavery Society, Boston, to E...

Welcoming formation of a similar society and urging cooperation and collaboration. May have been passed on to H. C. Fifield. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Cedar St. house c. 1886 ; Cedar St.

Cedar St. home (unidentified) circa 1836 Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Letter from Eliza T. Loud for the South Weymouth Female Anti-slavery S...

Response to letter, welcoming another anti-slavery organization, describing their organization; mentions Texas rebellion, slaveholders, southern women, women's rights. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Letter from Eliza T. Loud, Secty, South Weymouth Female Anti-slavery S...

Welcomes news of the creation of a Juvenile Anti-slavery Society in Weymouth / Braintree. Mentions petitions to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia and oppose admission of Texas into Union. Courtesy of ... More

Letter from Eliza T. Loud, Secty, South Weymouth Female Anti-slavery S...

Welcomes news of the creation of a Juvenile Anti-slavery Society in Weymouth / Braintree. Mentions petitions to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia and oppose admission of Texas into Union. Courtesy of ... More

Letter from H. B. Stanton for the Executive Committee of the American ...

Printed form letter entitled "An Appeal to Abolitionists" and annotated at end with, "Will you aid us now? We are expending much in your state. For the Ex. Com, H. B. Stanton, Cor. Secy." Courtesy of Weymouth P... More

Letter from the Committee of Massachusetts Anti-slavery Society (Isaac...

Salutation is "Sir." Solicitation for money for "The Liberator" newspaper. Remittance to be sent to Mr. Nathaniel Southard, Boston. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Letter from Eliza T. Loud, Secty, South Weymouth Female Anti-slavery S...

Welcomes news of the creation of a Juvenile Anti-slavery Society in Weymouth / Braintree. Mentions petitions to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia and oppose admission of Texas into Union. Courtesy of ... More

Letter from Emma Weston to Mary Sanborn Fifield, 1838 or 1839

Party at Hunt's. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Letter from Emma Weston to Mary Sanborn Fifield, 1838 or 1839

Party at Hunt's. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Letter from Sarah M. Grimke, Brookline, to Hannah C. Fifield, April 4,...

Addressed "Dear sister." Also mentions Henrietta Porter. More about women’s suffrage than slavery, [also about] declining invitation to speak but mentions speaking series at Odeon in Boston. Courtesy of Weymout... More

Letter from Charles Follen, Milton, to H. C. Fifield, July 25, 1838

[Letter] turning down invitation from Female Emancipation Society of Braintree and Weymouth to speak on Aug 1, 1838 to celebrate West Indies emancipation. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Letter from Emma Weston to Mary Sanborn Fifield, 1838 or 1839

Party at Hunt's. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Letter from Emma Weston to Mary Sanborn Fifield, 1838 or 1839

Party at Hunt's. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

The Weymouth Anti-slavery Fair : to be held at the South-Shore Railroa...

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Noah Fifield - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Dr. Noah Fifield (1783-1867) Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Letter from A. A. Phelps for Massachusetts Anti-slavery Society to Han...

Printed solicitation annotated. [Text] "The 4th will be a good day to make & remit the 1st payment. Good liberty-day work. Don't let the day go by without something being done. Yours truly, A. A. Phelps, Genl. ... More

Letter from A. A. Phelps for Massachusetts Anti-slavery Society to Han...

Printed solicitation annotated. [Text] "The 4th will be a good day to make & remit the 1st payment. Good liberty-day work. Don't let the day go by without something being done. Yours truly, A. A. Phelps, Genl. ... More

Letter from A. A. Phelps for Massachusetts Anti-slavery Society to Han...

Printed solicitation annotated. [Text] "The 4th will be a good day to make & remit the 1st payment. Good liberty-day work. Don't let the day go by without something being done. Yours truly, A. A. Phelps, Genl. ... More

Noah Fifield - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Dr. Noah Fifield (1783-1867) Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Noah Fifield - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Dr. Noah Fifield (1783-1867) Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Noah Fifield - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Dr. Noah Fifield (1783-1867) Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Noah Fifield - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Dr. Noah Fifield (1783-1867) Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Noah Fifield - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Dr. Noah Fifield (1783-1867) Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Letter from A. A. Phelps for Massachusetts Anti-slavery Society to Han...

Printed solicitation annotated. [Text] "The 4th will be a good day to make & remit the 1st payment. Good liberty-day work. Don't let the day go by without something being done. Yours truly, A. A. Phelps, Genl. ... More

Hannah Cranch Fifield - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Hannah Cranch Bond Fifield (1787-1870) Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Letter from Edmund Quincy, Dedham, to Mrs. Hannah Cranch Bond Fifield,...

Seeking Weymouth women's aid to attend county anti-slavery society quarterly meeting in Quincy. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Weymouth recipes in 1840 contributed (probably) to an anti-slavery fai...

Contains home remedies and recipes. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Weymouth and Braintree temperance celebration, September 1, 1841

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Letter from Joseph Hutchinson for the Comm. Norfolk County Anti-slaver...

Printed announcement/reminder of the quarterly meeting of the Norfolk County Anti-Slavery Society. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Weymouth Anti-slavery Fair, Weymouth, Massachusetts

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Letter from E.C. Norton to Mary Sanborn Fifield, 1841 May 12

Letter from Rev. Jonas Perkins, Union Church of Weymouth & Braintree t...

Refers to her [Hannah C. B. Fifield] as Secty, Martha Washington Society, indicating his declining reading the notice of the lecture by Wendell Phillips per Mary Fifield King annotation. Courtesy of Weymouth Pu... More

Drink of this cup! - Public domain document scan

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Celebration of West India emancipation by the Hingham and Weymouth ant...

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Letters from Edmund Quincy, Dedham, to Mrs. Hannah Cranch Bond Fifield...

Responses to invitations to address Weymouth Women's Temperance Association and a celebration hosted by the Weymouth Female Anti-Slavery Society. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Letter from H. C. Fifield to Rev. Jonas Perkins, ca. 1842

Draft. Request that he read the enclosed statement to the congregation. Statement explains the Weymouth and Braintree Female Emancipation Society invitation and housing of Rev. H.C. Wright when he was to speak ... More

"Get off the track!" : A song for emancipation, sung by the Hutchinson...

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Mary Sanborn Fifield or Emily A. Porter Fifield

Mary Sanborn Fifield (1857-1941) or Emily Ann Porter Fifield Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

National anti-slavery bazaar gazette. Vol. I, no. II

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Letter from Henry Grafton Chapman, Paris, to William C.B. Fifield, Dec...

Letter [in which he] expects to be going to French school in January. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Letter from Henry Grafton Chapman, Paris, to William C.B. Fifield, Aug...

Letter about trip to England and then on to Paris; mentions Joshua Bates' estate and staying with Mrs. Garrison. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Hymns and songs, anti-slavery celebration of the Declaration of Indepe...

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Mother's home in Weymouth - Public domain portrait print

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Hymns and songs, anti-slavery celebration of the Declaration of Indepe...

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Weymouth, Massachusetts, lumber yard ship boat

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A view of the Landing at Weymouth & Braintree. Sketch of proposed mura...

Weymouth Landing, circa 1850 Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Emily and Susannah Porter - Public domain portrait print

Emily Anna Porter Fifield and Susanna Bigelow Porter (1842-1871) Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Public meeting! A number of citizens of Weymouth will address the citi...

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Order of services at the first anniversary of the kidnaping of Thomas ...

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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, to Rev. Francis Bishop, Ju...

Letter of introduction for Fifield written by William Lloyd Garrison to Rev. Francis Bishop. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Letter from F. A. Kingsbury, Weymouth, to Dr. W. C. B. Fifield, June 2...

Free Soilers of Weymouth appointment of Fifield as a delegate to the Free Soil State Convention. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, to Rev. Francis Bishop, Ju...

Letter of introduction for Fifield written by William Lloyd Garrison to Rev. Francis Bishop. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, to J. B. Estlin, Esq., Jul...

Letter of introduction for Fifield written by William Lloyd Garrison to J. B. Estlin, Esq. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, to J. B. Estlin, Esq., Jul...

Letter of introduction for Fifield written by William Lloyd Garrison to J. B. Estlin, Esq. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Map of the Town of Weymouth, Norfolk County, Mass.

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Letter from Edmund Quincy, Dedham, to Mrs. Hannah Cranch Bond Fifield,...

Editing of Mrs. Cranch's verses for inclusion in the [National Anti-Slavery] Standard of which he was an editor; mention of Elizabeth Cabot Follen. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Letter from Richard D. Webb, Dublin, to W. C. B. Fifield, April 17, [1...

Handwritten letter attempting to send a large quantity of anti-slavery parcels and pamphlets to Mrs. Chapman in Paris, and to contact Parker Pillsbury if in Bristol or London. Also [includes] 1915 note from F. ... More

Weymouth Universalist Fair! : The annual fair of the Ladies' Universal...

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Letter from Richard D. Webb, Dublin, to W. C. B. Fifield, April 17, [1...

Handwritten letter attempting to send a large quantity of anti-slavery parcels and pamphlets to Mrs. Chapman in Paris, and to contact Parker Pillsbury if in Bristol or London. Also [includes] 1915 note from F. ... More

Letter from Richard D. Webb, Dublin, to W. C. B. Fifield, April 17, [1...

Handwritten letter attempting to send a large quantity of anti-slavery parcels and pamphlets to Mrs. Chapman in Paris, and to contact Parker Pillsbury if in Bristol or London. Also [includes] 1915 note from F. ... More

Letter from Richard D. Webb, Dublin, to W. C. B. Fifield, April 17, [1...

Handwritten letter attempting to send a large quantity of anti-slavery parcels and pamphlets to Mrs. Chapman in Paris, and to contact Parker Pillsbury if in Bristol or London. Also [includes] 1915 note from F. ... More

Letter from Richard D. Webb, Dublin, to W. C. B. Fifield, April 17, [1...

Handwritten letter attempting to send a large quantity of anti-slavery parcels and pamphlets to Mrs. Chapman in Paris, and to contact Parker Pillsbury if in Bristol or London. Also [includes] 1915 note from F. ... More

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, to H. C. Fifield, May 9, 1...

Addressed "Dear Friend." Solicitation for funds for marble bust of Wendell Phillips by John A. Jackson. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Alphabet of slavery - Public domain document scan

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Weymouth Universalist Fair! : The annual fair of the Ladies' Universal...

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William C. B. Fifield - Daguerreotype, Public domain

William Cranch Bond Fifield (1828- 1896) Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Abington Anti-slavery Fair and levee : The Anti Slavery friends of Abi...

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Jonas Perkins - Early photography, Public domain image

Reverend Jonas Perkins Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Letter from Maria Weston Chapman to Hannah C. B. Fifield

Anti-slavery meeting, making up supplies, voted by town, for army. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Letter from Maria Weston Chapman to Hannah C. B. Fifield

Anti-slavery meeting, making up supplies, voted by town, for army. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Confederate currency, $20 - coin, public domain photograph

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Letter from Maria Weston Chapman to Hannah C. B. Fifield

Anti-slavery meeting, making up supplies, voted by town, for army. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Letter from Maria Weston Chapman to Hannah C. B. Fifield

Anti-slavery meeting, making up supplies, voted by town, for army. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Edward Andrus. Journal 1861-1862

Andrus diary. An 1861 diary from 21 October through December 31. An entry in another hand on 22 February 1862 indicates that the diary, a miniature of Andrus, a letter, and 30 dollars were delivered, most likel... More

Letter from William Jones to Mr. and Mrs. Ryan, March 23, 1862

A letter from William Jones to Mr. and Mrs. Ryan, no address, about the death of their son Jimmy in 1862 and describing the battle. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Confederate currency, $5 - Public domain banknote scan

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A.E. Vining diary. American Civil War

Vining diaries. An 1864 diary. The diary of A.E. Vining describes daily military life and his capture and captivity at Andersonville prison. Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Programme of exercises at the celebration of the 250th anniversary of ...

Weymouth, Mass. 250th anniversary program of exercises (July 4, 1874) Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Programme of exercises at the celebration of the 250th anniversary of ...

Weymouth, Mass. 250th anniversary program of exercises (July 4, 1874) Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Joe Dannell & horse, Weymouth history collections

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Programme of exercises at the celebration of the 250th anniversary of ...

Weymouth, Mass. 250th anniversary program of exercises (July 4, 1874) Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Programme of exercises at the celebration of the 250th anniversary of ...

Weymouth, Mass. 250th anniversary program of exercises (July 4, 1874) Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Photograph of a baby - Early photography, Public domain image

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Weston House, Washington St., located near present post office

Weston House - Washington street, 1875 (located near Weymouth Landing Post Office) Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Annual exhibition and graduating exercises of the North High School at...

North H.S. June 30, 1876 - Annual exhibition and graduation exercises program Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Annual exhibition and graduating exercises of the North High School at...

North H.S. June 30, 1876 - Annual exhibition and graduation exercises program Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Annual exhibition and graduating exercises of the North High School at...

North H.S. June 30, 1876 - Annual exhibition and graduation exercises program Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Annual exhibition and graduating exercises of the North High School at...

North H.S. June 30, 1876 - Annual exhibition and graduation exercises program Courtesy of Weymouth Public Libraries, Tufts Library

Weymouth, Mass. 1880, Weymouth, Massachusetts

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