Letter from Mary T. Stickney, Phil[adelphia, Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1843 Nov[ember] 7

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Mary T. Stickney, Phil[adelphia, Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1843 Nov[ember] 7
Description:
Mary T. Stickney writes to William Lloyd Garrison about her encounter with abolitionists who challenged her for "using the productions of slave-labor, either as articles of wearing apparel or as food." She says that these abolitionists did not like Garrison but quoted from remarks he made in the April 23, 1831 issue of the Liberator to justify their position. Stickney then asks if Garrison "make[s] it a matter of conscience to abstain or not?" In the postscript, she says her mother and "sister, Hannah, unite with me in sending our kind love to yourself & Mrs. Garrison" and she reports that her father is traveling with Amasa Walker "in the Highlands of Scotland and he writes word that his health is improving". She also invites Garrison to spend time with them when he visits Philadelphia in December.
Author:
Stickney, Mary T.
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
November 7, 1843
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
Boycotts--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Boycotts
Social reformers--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Stickney, Mary T.
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 x 20 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23x9572
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Phil[adelphia, Pennsylvania]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper with a faint embossed circular logo in the head- spine corner of the first page. Also in the head- spine corner, a checkmark has been drawn above the number "85", both in pencil. In the head- fore corner, "Nov. 7, 1843" is written in pencil above a purple circular stamp containing the words, "Garrison MSS." In the tail- spine corner of the first page, "V13, P85" has also been written in pencil. Along the tail edge of the second page, the phrase "step daughter of H.C. Wright" has been added in pencil, while on the adjacent page, after the postscript, "Henry C. Wright." is also written in pencil. On the verso, the letter is addressed to "Wm. Lloyd Garrison No. 25 Cornhill Boston - Mass." and is postmarked with a red circular stamp that reads "[Phil]adelphia Pa. Nov 11". A blue sticker that originally sealed the letter is visible on the fore edge of the last page and below the address information, and reads "Let your life preach against slavery. Let all take knowledge of you that you are free, and TRUE TO FREE-DOM."
Identifier:
5048043
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.13, p.85
Barcode:
39999085439956