Letter from William Williams, Salem, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1841 July 12th

Item Information

Title:
Letter from William Williams, Salem, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1841 July 12th
Description:
William Williams writes to William Lloyd Garrison about prepartions for the celebration of Emancipation Day throughout the British West Indies on August 2. He describes a meeting held by "the members of the Union Charitable Society" and lists the officers appointed to oversee the preparations, including his own position on the committee. Williams then lists four "regulations" for the celebration and asks Garrison to publish a notice in the Liberator and "invite all the Boston friends to participate with the friends of Salem."
Author:
Williams, William
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
July 12, 1841
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
Antislavery movements--Anniversaries, etc--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Emancipation Day (British West Indies)
Social reformers--United States
Wood-engraving--19th century
Williams, William
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10z1692
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Salem, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white stationery featuring a wood-engraved image of a chained slave on one knee above the words, "Engraved by P. Reason, A Colored Young Man of the CIty of New York, 1835." On verso, the letter is addressed "No. 25 Cornhill To) Mr Wm L. Garrison Boston".
The notice for the event described in the letter is printed in the Liberator of July 30, 1841 (Vol. XI, No. 31).
Identifier:
5114761
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.12.1, p.79
Barcode:
39999085429775