Letter from John Greenleaf Whittier, Amesbury, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1850 [May] 13th

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Title:
Letter from John Greenleaf Whittier, Amesbury, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1850 [May] 13th
Description:
John Greenleaf Whittier writes to William Lloyd Garrison to express his "hearty sympathy" with Garrison after reading about the "disgraceful details of the outrage upon Free Speech at your late meeting in New York." Whittier says that while he and Garrison may not agree about every detail in the antislavery movement, "when the right to advocate emancipation in any shape is called in question, it is no time to split hairs". Whittier calls Garrison, along with Wendell Phillips and Frederick Douglass, "practical believers in the Declaration of Independence", and warns that "the great battle for free speech & free assembling is to be fought over." He also seees the popularity and "treachery of [Daniel] Webster & the backing he has received from Andover [Theological Seminary] and Harvard [University] show that we have nothing to hope for from the great political parties & religious sects" in the fight against slavery.
Author:
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[May 13, 1850]
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
Freedom of speech--United States--History
Social reformers--United States
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 25 cm.
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Place of origin:
Amesbury, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso the letter is addressed to "Wm Lloyd Garrison Boston" and the remains of a red seal are visible along the spine edge of the page.
The letter is printed in the Liberator of May 20, 1850 (Vol. XX, No. 20).
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5119293
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.19, p.15
Barcode:
39999085429908