Letter from Henry Ward Beecher and Roswell Dwight Hitchcock, Brooklyn, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1867 Ap[ri]l 16

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Henry Ward Beecher and Roswell Dwight Hitchcock, Brooklyn, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1867 Ap[ri]l 16
Description:
Henry Ward Beecher writes this testimonial letter for William Lloyd Garrison, declaring Garrison's "whole life has been made rough and strong by his fidelity to Liberty in an evil time." Beecher says "The Nation will honor itself in a testimony of honor to" Garrison and he "commend[s] Rev. Samuel May of Boston who has been requested to superinted the collection of funds". On the second page of the letter, Roswell D. Hitchcock writes that he "heartily concur[s] in the above."
Author:
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887
Author:
Hitchcock, Roswell D. (Roswell Dwight), 1817-1887
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
April 16, 1867
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
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 19 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xt486
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Brooklyn, [New York]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white, gridded paper. Above the first line of the letter, a blue oval stamp contains the words "Garrison MSS." Along the spine edge of the adjacent page, "MS.A.1.2 v.41 P.53(b)" is written in pencil, vertically.
Identifier:
5100001
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.41, p.53B
Barcode:
39999085426623