Letter from George Thompson, Claughton, Birkenhead, Cheshire, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]67 July 17

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Title:
Letter from George Thompson, Claughton, Birkenhead, Cheshire, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]67 July 17
Description:
George Thompson writes to William Lloyd Garrison enclosing "a note from H[enry] C[larke] Wright, which has come to me under cover from Mrs. Brigham" (not included). Thompson also discusses sending a letter to "our noble, self-denying steadfast, & beloved friend" and remarks that no friend of Garrison's "cleaves to you with stronger or purer affection than the soul of H.C.W." In the postscript, Thompson also encloses a letter to Andrew Paton (not included) promising to deliver "the Photographic Album I have made up for his noble nephew George P. Anderson".
Author:
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[July 17, 1867]
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
Social reformers--Great Britain--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers
Social reformers--United States
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
United Kingdom
England
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 21 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xs43m
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Claughton, Birkenhead, Cheshire, [England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on blue paper. Above the salutation the number "172" is written in pencil and along the spine edge of the adjacent page, "George Thompson, Birkenhead, July 17, 1867." is also written in pencil, vertically.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5099015
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.35, p.89B
Barcode:
39999085425906