Letter from John Greenleaf Whittier, Haverhill, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1833 [November] 12th

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Title:
Letter from John Greenleaf Whittier, Haverhill, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1833 [November] 12th
Description:
John Greenleaf Whittier writes to William Lloyd Garrison sharing his joy at the success of Garrison's "English Mission." He remarks on the progress of the antislavery cause and says that "we shall before long organize a[n antislavery] society" in Haverhill. He also asks Garrison if Samuel Joseph May. would "deliver a discourse" in the town, commenting that his "speech at the Exeter Hall meeting ... is full of high & manly truth, terrible in its rebuke, but full of justice." Whittier discusses his desire to enter "the heated furnace of modern politics" but says his "Truth & Conscience & Duty are against it" as it would close off his abolition work. He also mentions his wish to go to Philadelphia and "urge the members of my Religious Society [Quakers] ... to make their solemn testimony against Slavery visible over the whole land" but regrets that the trip will be too expensive. He then comments on the opposition to his abolitionist views among his political friends, crediting it with his loss of the nomination for state senator by one vote. He asks Garrison to call upon one of his friends in Boston, B.L. Merrick, who is ill, and if he has read the last issue of Buckingham's Magazine where he has an article about Toussaint l'Ouverture. He also states he has written another long article about Daniel O'Connell for the magazine and asks Garrison to visit him in Haverhill.
Author:
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[November 12, 1833]
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
Political candidates--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Society of Friends--United States--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Political candidates
Social reformers--United States
Society of Friends--History
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
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Place of origin:
Haverhill, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "For William L. Garrison, Esqr. Editor 'Liberator' Boston Ms." and is postmarked with a black, circular stamp reading, "Haverhill Mass. Nov. 14"
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5114714
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.3, p.82
Barcode:
39999085429734