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Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1847 March 31

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Title:
Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1847 March 31
Description:
Richard Davis Webb writes to William Lloyd Garrison sharing his wish to be with him in Boston but saying that he cannot "and that is the long and the short of it." He comments on "the portraits of my whole heathen Mythology that you talk of sending me, Mrs. Chapman, Abby Kelley, Wendell Phillips, et cetera", saying that he will tell Garrison when they arrive. Webb then discusses Frederick Douglass' work in Ireland, saying he "admire[s] and respect[s] him highly", adding that "his letter to [Dr. Samuel Hanson] Cox is the ablest thing I have seen from his pen." He shares news of his family and friends in Ireland and then asks Garrison about funds the "Committee of friends here received by the last steamer from America ... including £2500 from the Slave States." He asks Garrison whether "it is incumbent on the Committee to return the money if they were in no way called upom to endorse the character or mode of life of the demon?" and he requests that Garrison answer the question in the Liberator. In the postscript, Webb mentions he is enclosing "a copy of an account of the Bristol Ragged School" (not included) calling it "striking testimony to the value of the non resistance principle." He also discusses a letter he recieved from [Henry] Clapp, calling him "not a man of principle" and advising Garrison "not [to] have any dependence upon him."
Author:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
March 31, 1847
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
Society of Friends--Ireland--19th century
Abolitionists
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Society of Friends--History
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Clapp, Henry, 1814-1875
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
Ireland
Extent:
1 v. (7 p.) ; 19 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xx01x
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.
Identifier:
5105735
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.17, p.27
Barcode:
39999085426748