Letter from Mary Ann Whitaker to William Lloyd Garrison, 1853 March 6th

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Title:
Letter from Mary Ann Whitaker to William Lloyd Garrison, 1853 March 6th
Description:
Mary Ann Whitaker writes to William Lloyd Garrison expressing her regret for sending Garrison her poems, "those little pieces," saying she "might have been too forward perhaps in expecting you to give them a place in your paper". Whitaker also mentions the Hutchinson Family Singers recent concerts, telling Garrison they were expected at her house during their stay in Roxbury but she "heard nothing of them since" making the plans. She then discusses criticism of Garrison and her decision, after reflecting, to "welcome the principles you advocate, not only with my heart, but with the full and mature convictions of conscience." In the postscript, Whitaker says she would rather her husband "spoke for himself or I might perhaps say a word too much."
Author:
Whitaker, Mary Ann
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
July 6, 1853
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
Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Hutchinson Family (Singers)
Whitaker, Mary Ann
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10z3376
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Place of origin:
[Place of publication not identified]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "William Lloyd Garrison Esqr. Kindness of Miss Mary Walcott."
Identifier:
5119601
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.22, p.33
Barcode:
39999085429981