Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1841 [February] 11th

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1841 [February] 11th
Description:
Richard Davis Webb writes to William Lloyd Garrison asking him to send the Liberator to their friends in Ireland. He asks Garrison about "the collection of the sum due to our dear friend [Nathaniel Peabody] Rogers by the N[ew] H[ampshire] A[nti] S[lavery] Society" and discusses his correspondence with Elizabeth Pease [Nichol], including a document "by [John A.] Collins & reviewed by Harriet Martineau" explaining the "present position of the Anti Slavery Cause in America & of the differences which exist between the friends of the slave." He also discusses the World Anti-Slavery Convention, held in London the previous year, and the antislavery movement in Ireland.
Author:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[February 11, 1841]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--Ireland--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--Ireland--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Nichol, Elizabeth Pease, 1807-1897
General Anti-slavery Convention (1st : 1840 : London, England)
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Rogers, Nathaniel Peabody, 1794-1846
Collins, John A. (John Anderson), 1810-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Places:
Ireland
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 24 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xw615
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Dublin, [Ireland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript letter addressed to "William L. Garrison Boston Mass." on verso.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5104088
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.11, p.61
Barcode:
39999085426664