Letter from Edmund Quincy, Dedham, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1843 Nov[ember] 6

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Edmund Quincy, Dedham, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1843 Nov[ember] 6
Description:
Edmund Quincy writes to William Lloyd Garrison congratualting him on his restored health and offers some suggestions to improve the Liberator. Quincy states "the Liberator has faults" and suggets a number of different methods for Garrison to improve the paper's production, often comparing his work to Joshua Leavitt's newspaper, The Emancipator.
Author:
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
November 6, 1843
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Publishing--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Publishers and publishing
Social reformers--United States
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Leavitt, Joshua, 1794-1873
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 23 x 38 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23wx51z
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Dedham, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed on paper with an embossed logo in the head- spine corner that says "London Superfine" in a circle around the image of a crown. Above the logo is a checkmark, written in pencil, while just to the right of the logo the number "86" is written, also in pencil. Towards the fore edge, there is a purple oval stamp including the words "Garrison MSS." Along the spine edge of the first page, the phrase "V13, P86" is written in pencil. Additionally, there are a number of brown spots across the first page.
Identifier:
4725626
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.13, p.86
Barcode:
39999085501342