Telegram from C.H. Thompson, New Orleans, L[ouisian]a, to William Lloyd Garrison, 1879 Ap[ri]l 29

Item Information

Title:
Telegram from C.H. Thompson, New Orleans, L[ouisian]a, to William Lloyd Garrison, 1879 Ap[ri]l 29
Description:
C.H. Thompson sends this telegram to William Lloyd Garrison informing him that he has been elected President of the Migration and Relief Association of N[ew] O[rleans]. He lists some of the officers of the organization and tells Garrison that "more than two thousand of our people are at landings on [the] Mississippi [River] waiting transportation [and] we need means to send them west." He also asks him to send "all communications and money" to his address.
Author:
Thompson, C. H.
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
April 29, 1879
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Genre:
Telegrams
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Exodus of 1879
Exodusters
Migration, Internal--African Americans--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Migration, Internal--United States
African Americans
Social reformers--United States
Migration and Relief Association of New Orleans
Thompson, C. H.
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 20 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xh20n
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
New Orleans, L[ouisian]a
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on a Western Union Telegraph Company telegram. Under the date, the number "96" is written in pencil and in the top right corner of the page, "Acknowledged" is written vertically and underlined in a different handwriting and different shade of black ink. On verso, along the tail edge, "MS.A.1.2V.40P.113(b)" is also written in pencil.
Identifier:
5064612
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.40, p.113B
Barcode:
39999085440731