Letter from Joshua Bowen Smith, Benjamin Weeden, and T. Jimmings Jr., Boston, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, and Helen Eliza Garrison, 1841 July 28th

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Joshua Bowen Smith, Benjamin Weeden, and T. Jimmings Jr., Boston, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, and Helen Eliza Garrison, 1841 July 28th
Description:
In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison and his wife, Helen Eliza Garrison, Joshua Bowen Smith, Benjamin Weeden, and T. Jimmings, Jr., invite the Garrisons to "an entertainment to be given for the benefit of Mr. David Ruggles of N.Y. Editor and propriertor of the Mirror of Liberty ..." Before signing their names, the letter ends by announcing Smith, Weeden, and Jimmings as having "the honor to subscribe ourselves the true friends of all who plead for Human Rights."
Author:
Smith, Joshua Bowen, 1813-1879
Addressee:
Garrison, Helen Eliza, 1811-1876
Author:
Weeden, Benjamin
Author:
Jimmings, T., Jr.
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
July 28, 1841
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
African American abolitionists--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
African American abolitionists
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Smith, Joshua Bowen, 1813-1879
Ruggles, David, 1810-1849
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 26 x 20 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23x5160
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Boston, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. Above the salutation, the number "247" has been drawn in pencil, while next to the signatures, the word "(colored)" has also been added in pencil.
Identifier:
4826145
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.12.1, p.92
Barcode:
39999085439048