Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]64 March 14

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]64 March 14
Description:
In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Gerrit Smith discusses the Liberator and the improving health of Garrison's wife, Helen Eliza Garrison. He also remarks that "we have more to fear from the President's Plan of Reconstruction than from any thing I see." Smith adds, "To shut out a million of black men from the Ballot Box is no way to get Peace."
Author:
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[March 14, 1864]
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
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Social reformers--United States
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 21 x 13 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23x7421
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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 of an eagle above a shield in the head- spine corner. Above the salutation, the number "39" is written in pencil.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4976081
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.33, p.26A
Barcode:
39999085439527