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099 $aMs.A.9.2 v.31, p.73
100 1 $aRicketson, Joseph.
245 10 $a[Letter to] Dear Deborah$h[manuscript].
260 $aNew Bedford, [Mass.],$c7th mo[nth] 19th [day] 1863.
300 $a2 leaves (8 p.) ;$c9 7/8 x 7 5/8 in.
500 $aHolograph, signed.
500 $aFollowing the news of the New York riot, "it was ascertained that there was to be a combined effort of the lower classes in Fall River, Wareham & Bridgewater & other adjoining towns to burn & Pillage New Bedford." Joseph Ricketson gives details of the "programme" of attack. He is not feeling apprehensive, since they are prepared for any emergency through the stationing of artillery at forts etc. Ricketson says: "Your humble servant nor none of his family are armed." The black chaplain of the 55th Massachusetts Regiment wanted a revolver. A collection of money was quickly taken and a $16 revolver was purchased for him. Twenty armed blacks patrolled the house of a man who threatened to burn the houses of black people. Lieutenant Colonel William Logan Rodman died a hero. Joseph Ricketson feared that Thomas Rodman would be killed as he led the assault on Port Hudson. Thomas B. Robeson, who rose to be senior captain at the age of 22, was wounded in the thigh. Joseph Ricketson describes the circumstances of his death and the solemn funeral. He laments the sacrifice of human life. Mrs. Frances D. Gage, who spoke at City Hall, seemed like one inspired. He refers to the "Rousing speech" of Wendell Phillips in Framingham. The letters printed in the Liberator signed "Thud" are by George P. Guerrier, an English civil engineer who enlisted as a private in the Massachusetts 22nd Regiment; Guerrier was in six battles, wounded, and discharged from the hospital.
600 10 $aWeston, Deborah,$db. 1814$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aRicketson, Joseph$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aGage, Frances Dana,$d1808-1884.
600 10 $aGuerrier, George P.
600 10 $aPhillips, Wendell,$d1811-1884.
650 0 $aDraft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863.
650 0 $aAntislavery movements$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aWomen abolitionists$zMassachusetts$zBoston$y19th century$vCorrespondence.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 $aPort Hudson (La.)$xHistory$ySiege, 1863.
655 0 $aLetters.
655 0 $aManuscripts.
700 1 $aWeston, Deborah,$db.1814$erecipient.
830 0 $aDeborah Weston Correspondence (1830-1879)
999 $ashots: 8