Letter from Rebecca Buffum Spring, Eagleswood, Perth Amboy, N[ew] J[ersey], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1860 March 12

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Title:
Letter from Rebecca Buffum Spring, Eagleswood, Perth Amboy, N[ew] J[ersey], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1860 March 12
Description:
Rebecca B. Spring writes to William Lloyd Garrison describing the prison in Charlestown, Virginia (now West Virginia), as "a little heaven of love, with happiness enough to spread over many years" and discussing the situation of "the brave young [Aaron Dwight] Stevens who is cheerfully waiting his departure". She tells Garrison how Stevens loves music and says that "He and Capt. [John] Brown used to sing hymns in the prison" before mentioning her meeting with Stevens' sister. Spring also asks if Garrison and Wendell Phillips could join them the following week, stating that "Over the dead martyr should be spoken thoughts and words which will live forever." In the postscript, Spring provides information about a steamship that travels to Perth Amboy and on the first page of the letter, written vertically, Spring asks Garrison not to "have this mentioned in any newspaper as we wish to have everything very quiet."
Author:
Spring, Rebecca Buffum
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
March 12, 1860
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
Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Women social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Women social reformers--United States
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859
Spring, Rebecca Buffum
Stevens, Aaron Dwight
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 18 x 23 cm.
Permalink:
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Place of origin:
Eagleswood, Perth Amboy, N[ew] J[ersey]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. In the head- spine corner of the first page, there is a checkmark drawn in pencil, while above the salutation the number "28" is also written in pencil. Along the head edge, the word "Private" is written in black ink. The third and fourth pages are missing the top section of the page, about 4 x 11.5 cm, but this does not seem to cut off any of the text of the letter.
Identifier:
4849170
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.30, p.29
Barcode:
39999085439253