Letter from Mary Rice, Concord, Mass[achusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1865 May 7

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Title:
Letter from Mary Rice, Concord, Mass[achusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1865 May 7
Description:
Mary Rice writes to William Lloyd Garrison expressing her gratitute for the Liberator and and sending him twenty dollars [not included] "as a thanks offering." She tells Garrison she has "been pefectly delighted with the course of the Liberator for the four years past, for its standing loyally for the Administration and Government, and especially for our dearly beloved Chief Magistrate, Abraham Lincoln."
Author:
Rice, Mary
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
May 7, 1865
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--Newspapers--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Rice, Mary
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Places:
Massachusetts
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 25 x 20 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23x0401
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Concord, Mass[achusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed on lined paper with an embossed logo in the head- spine corner of an octagon containing a building and the words "... Porter Congress". Below the salutation, the number "81" is written in pencil. There is a small tear, approximately 1cm long, extending from the spine edge about 8 lines up from the tail edge of the page. On the second page, there are number of brown spots by the signature.
Identifier:
4730557
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.34, p.48
Barcode:
39999085503637