Letter from Edmund Quincy, Dedham, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1872 Aug[ust] 5

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Edmund Quincy, Dedham, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1872 Aug[ust] 5
Description:
Edmund Quincy writes to William Lloyd Garrison to "thank you most heartily for your admirable letter in reply to [Senator Charles] Sumner," and his refusal to vote for the 15th Amendment. Quincy also tells Garrison that he received a letter from Richard Webb announcing his father's death [Richard D. Webb].
Author:
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
August 5, 1872
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
United States. 15th Amendment
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 21 x 13 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23wx773
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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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 white paper with two horizontal fold lines. Across the head edge of the page, "From Edmund Quincy" is written in a different handwriting and underlined. Under the salutation, the number "55" is written in pencil.
Identifier:
4726808
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.37, p.47A
Barcode:
39999085501409