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Introduction
In this important letter, the fiery Ann Parlin describes a meeting of Democrats that she attended in New York City. See the full text of Parlin’s speech here. Parlin states that she hopes to see Dorr soon in Pawtucket, which was then part of Massachusetts. Marcus Morton (Democrat), a supporter of Dorr, would go on to win the gubernatorial election in Massachusetts. Radical labor reformer and newspaper editor Levi Slamm was in Chepachet in June 1842. Slamm edited the New York Plebeian. Parlin is critical of suffrage men who will not act. Note: The pig roast that Parlin refers to in the letter took place in the spring of 1841 in Providence.