Letter from Thomas Vickers, Heidelberg, [Germany], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1863 Nov[ember] 17

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Title:
Letter from Thomas Vickers, Heidelberg, [Germany], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1863 Nov[ember] 17
Description:
Thomas Vickers writes to William Lloyd Garrison discussing his bill for the Liberator and calling the paper "invaluable to me - I should feel entirely lost without it." Vickers then discusses the "convulsion" in the theological world, labeling the book "Life of Jesus" by Ernest Renan as "only a war trumpet" and discussing its affect on the work of David Strauss, who Vickers calls "one of the first and best of German writers." He discusses meeting David Strauss and arranging to translate and copyright his work in the United States, asking Garrison if any Boston publishers might be interested in publishing his translation. He asks Garrison to "make a few inquries for" him, suggesting that "the reprinter of Renan would undoubtedly be willing to print Strauss."
Author:
Vickers, Thomas, 1835-1917
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
November 17, 1863
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Publishers and publishing
Social reformers--United States
Vickers, Thomas, 1835-1917
Renan, Ernest, 1823-1892
Strauss, David Friedrich, 1808-1874
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 v. (6 p.) ; 16 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xz146
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Heidelberg, [Germany]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5109338
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.32, p.63B
Barcode:
39999085426979