Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1862 October 28

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Title:
Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1862 October 28
Description:
Richard Davis Webb writes to William Lloyd Garrison informing him that his son, Richard Webb, is leaving Ireland "to seek his future in California." He tells Garrison of his "unbated interests in all your efforts" and discusses his last visit with Elizabeth Pease Nichol. Webb also recommends Garrison read the book, "Trial of the Constitution" by Sidney George Foster saying it justified the work of abolitionists "such as I have seen from the pen of no other American, not himself one of 'the Saints.'" He also mentions hearing Henry Ward Beecher speak recently in Edinburgh, finding him not "up to the moral bent of Wendell Phillips." Webb closes by discussing views of the American Civil War, blaiming the "conduct of reckless English & American newspaper editors" for initially encouraging anti-Union sentiments.
Author:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
October 28, 1862
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--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Foreign public opinion
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Fisher, Sidney George, 1809-1871
Webb, Richard, 1835-1882
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
Ireland
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 21 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xx96g
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Dublin, [Ireland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5108540
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.31, p.156B
Barcode:
39999085426938