Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Roger Folger Wallcut, 1862 Sept[ember] 2

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Roger Folger Wallcut, 1862 Sept[ember] 2
Description:
Richard Davis Webb writes to Robert Folger Wallcutt asking about a number of English friends of his who have stopped receiving the Liberator and how much they all owe. He advises Wallcutt to "to write to me before stopping any of your English subscribers." Webb also writes that many readers "require a strong stomach to take the Liberator." In the postscript, he assures Wallcutt that there are "No people whom I so much respect as the American abolitionists."
Author:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Addressee:
Wallcut, Robert Folger, 1797-1884
Date:
September 2, 1862
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--England--19th century
Abolitionists--Ireland--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Wallcut, Robert Folger, 1797-1884
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Places:
England
Ireland
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 14 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xc24x
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Dublin, [Ireland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. Above the salutation, the number "104" is written in pencil. Along the spine edge of the adjacent page, "Richard D. Webb Dublin Ireland 20 Sept. 1862" is written in a different handwriting and different shade of black ink, vertically, facing the fore edge of the page.
Identifier:
5059430
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.31, p.145B
Barcode:
39999085440277