Letter from George Thompson, London, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1860 August 17

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Title:
Letter from George Thompson, London, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1860 August 17
Description:
In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, George Thompson writes about celebrations for the anniversary of Emancipation Day in the British West Indies on August 1st made by the London Emancipation Committee. He describes his excitement to invite, Rev. Dr. [George Barrell] Cheever to speak at the anniversary during his stop in London, reminding Garrison that Cheever was "one of the very few who stood by my side in the city of Salem ... [in] 1835 when you were the victim of mob violence in Boston". Thompson praises Cheever's address and quotes "our Laureate [Alfred] Tennyson" to apply to the words of Cheever. He tells Garrison that although it has been two years since he "returned from India, utterly prostrated in health" he is now "slowly recovering" and able to deliver more antislavery lectures.
Author:
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
August 17, 1860
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--England--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--England--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Great Britain
Antislavery movements--United States
Enslaved persons--Emancipation--West Indies, British--Anniversaries, etc.
Social reformers
Social reformers--United States
London Emancipation Committee
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Cheever, George B. (George Barrell), 1807-1890
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
United Kingdom
England
Extent:
1 v. (3 p.) ; 27 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xk36z
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
London, [England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on blue paper. In the head- spine corner of the first page a checkmark is drawn in pencil, while under the fourth line of the letter, the number "96" is also written in pencil. The text on the second page is upside-down and Along the tail edge of the last page, "George Thompson, London, Aug. 17, 1860" is written in pencil, upside-down.
Identifier:
5073134
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.30, p.97
Barcode:
39999085440830