Letter from William Smeal, Glasgow, [Scotland], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1842 [February 1]

Item Information

Title:
Letter from William Smeal, Glasgow, [Scotland], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1842 [February 1]
Description:
William Smeal writes to William Lloyd Garrison sending "a parcel of Reports ... of our Glasgow Emancipation Society." Smeal tells Garrison he was "induced to send them, seeing that we are indebted to the Mass. A.S.S. for a parcel of things." Smeal states that "Dr. McLean" will pay for his subscription to the Liberator and his debt for receiving the Non-Resistant for over a year. He also mentions that he and John Murray "have been delighted with the Lib[erator] from our dear friend J[ohn] A. Collins" and they were pleased to hear that Cha[rle]s L. Remond had returned safely to the United States. In the postscript, Smeal mentions he was present for a speech delivered by George Thompson "in the cause of cheap food for the poor ... [which] was one of the best I ever heard him deliver; & made a most extraordinary impression."
Author:
Smeal, William, 1793-1877
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[February 1, 1842]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--Scotland--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Societies, etc--Great Britain--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements--United States
Societies
Antislavery movements--Great Britain
Social reformers--United States
Glasgow Emancipation Society (Glasgow, Scotland)
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
Smeal, William, 1793-1877
Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Collins, John A. (John Anderson), 1810-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Non-resistant
Places:
Scotland
United Kingdom
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 24 x 19 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23x149q
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Glasgow, [Scotland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper with an embossed rectangular logo in the head- spine corner that reads "London ... [illegible]." Over the embossed logo, is drawn a checkmark and the number "23" both in pencil. In the head- fore corner, above the first line of the letter, there is a puprle circular stamp containing the words, "Garrison MSS." On the second page, above the third paragraph, the name "(John Murray)" has been recorded in pencil above the words "JM & I ..." On the verso, the letter is addressed to "W.L. Garrison Boston."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4745214
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.12.2, p.23
Barcode:
39999085504270