Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, Wyalusing, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]62 Nov[ember] 13

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, Wyalusing, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]62 Nov[ember] 13
Description:
Henry Clarke Wright writes to William Lloyd Garrison outlining his travels and his plans for the coming weeks. He tells Garrison that his "single text is The Proclamation! On this I lecture ..." He also mentions his reply to objections to the proclamation, specifically those made by the supporters of [N.Y. Governor Horatio] "Seymour [whose] party in N.Y. and Penn have argued these everywhere." Wright declares that "Every slave has a right to kill his master" and lists the crimes of slaveholders and the silence of the Republicans and "the ministers & churches." Wright sees "The right of the slaves to resist & destroy their [masters] is fast coming to be recognised" and then ends his letter by echoing Patrick Henry, exclaiming, "liberty before every thing, Give me Liberty or Give me Death!"
Author:
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[November 13, 1862]
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
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Slavery and the church--United States
Social reformers--United States
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 20 x 26 cm.
Permalink:
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Place of origin:
Wyalusing, [Pennsylvania]
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 logo of a coat of arms in the head- spine corner of each page. Below the salutation, the number "131" is written in pencil.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4749005
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.31, p.159A
Barcode:
39999085504585