Letter from Eliza Wingham, Gray Street, Edin[burgh, Scotland], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]48 [November] 13th

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Title:
Letter from Eliza Wingham, Gray Street, Edin[burgh, Scotland], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]48 [November] 13th
Description:
Eliza Wigham writes to William Lloyd Garrison sending him a box for the anti-slavery bazaar and sharing her "affectionate remembrance and continued interest in this they cause & thy labours in its behalf." Wigham says she wishes she could have contributed more to the bazaar and then reminisces about "the last evening we spent together & our moonlight parting at the coach." She also expresses her sympathy in his "trial of parting with your precious child", after the death of Garrison's infant daughter, Elizabeth Pease Garrison.
Author:
Wigham, Eliza
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[November 13, 1848]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--Scotland--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Scotland--History--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Women abolitionists
Wigham, Eliza
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
Scotland
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 20 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10z277z
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Gray Street, Edin[burgh, Scotland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5119051
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.18, p.40
Barcode:
39999085429866