Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1851 May 2

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Title:
Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1851 May 2
Description:
Gerrit Smith writes to William Lloyd Garrison saying he will attend "your meeting. I might have called it my meeting also for in heart & aim I am with the Am. Anti-Slavery Society." Smith adds that "hundreds of abolitionists from this part of the county" will also attend the meeting to hear some of the notable speakers like Garrison, George Thompson, and Wendell Phillips. He tells Garrison he will be away next Monday for a few days and invites him to visit on Sunday. Smith also regrets Garrison was not present when George Thompson was his guest.
Author:
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
May 2, 1851
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--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Meetings
Social reformers--United States
American Anti-Slavery Society
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 25 x 21 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23x198n
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Peterboro, [New York]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper with a faint, embossed oval logo in the head- spine corner. Also in the head- spine corner is a small checkmark and the number "33", both written in pencil. Along the spine edge of the page, the phrase, "V20.P32" is written in pencil.
Identifier:
4746560
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.20, p.32
Barcode:
39999085504387