Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1862 June 2

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Title:
Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1862 June 2
Description:
Gerrit Smith writes to William Lloyd Garrison expressing his "wish to go to Boston" and see his grandsons, "Wendell Phillips & the other Boston friends of freedom" and to "speak to the people of Boston." He tells Garrison that although he had to decline an invitation months ago "to speak in Theodore Parker's pulpit", if the offer was renewed while he was in Boston he would now accept it. Smith also discusses some of the topics he would like to speak about at the proposed meeting.
Author:
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
June 2, 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
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
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 21 x 26 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23x653b
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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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, lined paper with an embossed logo depicting an archer beneath an arm holding a sword, all above the letters "P & S", on the first and third pages. On the first page, under the embossed logo and above the first line of the letter, the number "71" is written in pencil.
Identifier:
4865694
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.31, p.127A
Barcode:
39999085439337