Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe, Cabin, to William Lloyd Garrison, [1853] Dec[ember] 19

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Title:
Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe, Cabin, to William Lloyd Garrison, [1853] Dec[ember] 19
Description:
In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Beecher Stowe writes about meeting Frederick Douglass, saying "the impression was far more satisfactory, than I had anticipated." She tells Garrison that Douglass' "change of sentiment was not a mere political one but a genuine growth of his own conviction" and that "his plans for the elevation of his own race are manly, sensible [and] comprehensive". Stowe states that while Garrison refers to him "as an apostate" she "cannot but regard this language as unjustly severe" and she repeatedly calls his treatment of Douglass "an injustice". She shares her hope that Garrison "will see reason at some further time to alter your opinion". Stowe also explains that after speaking with Garrison and "Miss Weston" and saying "so much that was unfavorable to Mr. Douglass" she "felt bound in justice to state the more favorable views which he has arisen to my mind."
Author:
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[December 19, 1853]
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
Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 19 x 13 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xb446
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Place of origin:
Cabin
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Legacy catalog card identifies the place of publication of this manuscript as "Cabin".
Legacy catalog card contains a note stating "On microfilm RBD 488."
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper stationery with the embossed initials "HBS" appearing along the head edge of the first page. Above the salutation, "235" is written in pencil, while in the head- spine corner of the first page there is also a checkmark drawn in pencil. Along the fore edge of the first page, "1853" has been added in pencil next to the date, while in the tail- spine corner the number "115" is written in pencil. On the verso, in the tail- fore corner, "Ms.A 1.2, v.23, p.115" has also been written in pencil.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5055255
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.23, p.115
Barcode:
39999085440129