Letter from Jesse Stedman to William Lloyd Garrison, [1863?]

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Jesse Stedman to William Lloyd Garrison, [1863?]
Description:
Jesse Stedman writes to William Lloyd Garrison about "the invitation to attend the Convention of the American Antislavery Society at the city of Philadelphia on the 3d and 4th of december" and states that "no man more than myself will feel a deeper interest in its action". Stedman calls it an "absurd and dangerous policy ... to turn the abolition cause over to the government" and says he has "less confidence than most men in the President, the Cabinet, or members of Congress ... [with regard to] the principle of immediate, universal emancipation". As a resule he considers "the action of the American Antislavery society in this momentous crisis of immeasurable importance."
Author:
Stedman, Jesse, 1782-1864
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[1863?]
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
American Anti-Slavery Society
Stedman, Jesse, 1782-1864
American Anti-Slavery Society Anniversary (1863 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xc477
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[Place of publication not identified]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in brown ink on white, lined paper with an embossed logo in the head- spine corner of the first page containing the words "Omaha Mills". Along the head edge of the letter, the phrase "To the President of the American Anti Slavery Society, Philadelphia Penn." is crossed out in ink and above it "From Jesse Stedman" is written and underlined in pencil. Above the second line of the letter, along the spine edge, the number "154" is written in pencil. After the signature, "[Upwards of 80 years old.]" is written in pencil and crossed out in black ink.
Identifier:
5060020
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.32, p.87A
Barcode:
39999085440327