Letter from Mrs. George W. Sterling, Wilbraham, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1879 Apr[il] 29th

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Mrs. George W. Sterling, Wilbraham, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1879 Apr[il] 29th
Description:
In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Mrs. George W. Sterling sends him $50 (not included) "for the fund now being raised for the 'colored refugees.'" She says that the names Garrison supplied in his letter "amply endorse the measure" and that she does not know Garrison personally but through her deceased husband who "you may recall as a strong staunch antislavery man". Mrs. Sterling also discusses the temperance movement, stating that her husband also "labored ardently too for the suppression of the evil of intemperance."
Author:
Sterling, George W., Mrs., 1817-1902
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
April 29, 1879
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
Temperance--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century--Correspondence
Women social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Temperance--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Women social reformers--United States
Sterling, George W., Mrs., 1817-1902
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 21 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xh15s
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Wilbraham, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in pencil on white, lined paper with an embossed circular logo of a star under a crown in the head- spine corner of each page. In the head- fore corner of the first page, "Acknowledged by W.L.G. Jr." is written and underlined in black ink. Above the second line of the letter the number "95" is written in pencil and in the tail- spine corner of the adjacent page, "MS.A.1.2 V.40P.113(a)" is also written in pencil.
Identifier:
5064598
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.40, p.113A
Barcode:
39999085440723