Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1865 Sept[ember] 11

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1865 Sept[ember] 11
Description:
Gerrit Smith writes to William Lloyd Garrison about the "rogue 'our friend' Cooley" and asks, "Was there ever before such ... hypocrisy?" He also tells Garrison that he has written a letter for the press, addressed to Garrison and Wendell Phillips, about "the condition of our country" saying "never, never was the subject of our country so gloomy, as now".
Author:
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
September 11, 1865
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
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 21 x 26 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23x796b
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 in white, lined paper with a faint, embossed, circular logo in the head- spine corner. Along the spine edge of the first page, above the second line of the letter, the number "130" is written in pencil.
Identifier:
4989586
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.34, p.78B
Barcode:
39999085439642