Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1863 May 1

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1863 May 1
Description:
In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Gerrit Smith expresses his pleasure in seeing his "brief Argument on the Constitutional Question in the matter of soldier voting" in the Liberator. He thanks Garrison for correcting a grammatical error he had made before declaring, "What an abominable thing from Dr. [Nathan] Lord's pen in your Refuge of Oppression column!"
Author:
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
May 1, 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
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Lord, Nathan, 1792-1870
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 21 x 13 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23x701s
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, lined paper with an embossed logo in the head- spine corner containing the words, "Carsons Congress". Under the salutation and above the first line of the letter, the number "47" is written in pencil.
Identifier:
4871567
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.32, p.27A
Barcode:
39999085439436