Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]68 March 15

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]68 March 15
Description:
In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Gerrit Smith begins by discussing Garrison's article in the last Anti-Slavery Standard, saying he "can not see how Mr. Phillips can well make a powerfull reply to it." Smith recalls the dispute over the inheritance of Francis Jackson, calling it "a simple difference of judgement" between Garrison and Phillips and saying they should have "loved each other none the less for the difference in judgement." He compares this incident with "stopping the Liberator & Standard" and says that Garrison's argument for discontinuing the publications "did not in the slightest" lessen his "confidence in the soundness of your judgement." Smith also tells Garrison he is preparing to travel and shares news of his wife before asking Garrison to tell his son, Frank, that "when he comes up into this part of the country, he must visit me".
Author:
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[March 15, 1868]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
National anti-slavery standard
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 21 x 26 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23x853r
Terms of Use:
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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. In the head- spine corner of the first page, the number "25" is written in pencil, while in the tail- spine corner, "12B" is also written in pencil.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5011851
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.36, p.12B
Barcode:
39999085439758