Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]63 Ap[ri]l 26

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Title:
Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]63 Ap[ri]l 26
Description:
Gerrit Smith writes to William Lloyd Garrison announcing that "the Annual Meeting of the American Anti-Slavery Society is at hand" but that he will probably not be able to attend and enclosing $100 as a contribution (not included). Smith then comments on African-American men joining the army, stating he "heard that few if any of them in Boston enlist." He also asks Garrison how the government could "reply to the threat that captured blacks shall be sold or murdered?" Smith states that G.W. Julian has visited him and reports his wife "is again in comfortable health."
Author:
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[April 26, 1863]
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
African American soldiers--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Meetings
Social reformers--United States
American Anti-Slavery Society
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Julian, George W. (George Washington), 1817-1899
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 22 x 28 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23x691r
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
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, gridded paper, enclosed in mylar. Above the first line of the letter, the number "45" is written in pencil.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4871338
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.32, p.26A
Barcode:
39999085439410