Letter from Aaron Macy Powell, Home, [Ghent, New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]59 Feb[ruary] 14

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Title:
Letter from Aaron Macy Powell, Home, [Ghent, New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]59 Feb[ruary] 14
Description:
Aaron Macy Powell writes to William Lloyd Garrison sending a note for the Liberator about the death of Lucia Marriott, who Powell calls, "one of the choicest spirits it has ever been my good fortune to honor, - a devoted friend of yours." He then mentions his recent illness before telling Garrison he "hear[s] most flattering expressions both from Poughkeepsie & Hudson as to the impression left upon such as heard you in those places." He also discusses efforts in the New York State Legislature to introduce a bill, "substantially the Vermont statute" (which restricted enforcing the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850), adding that Dr. Cheever "has been invited to repeat his last evenings dicourse (on Slave laws) in the Capitol next week." He also reports that Lydia Mott, Susan B. Anthony, and his uncle, Shotwell Powell, were visiting him but are "just preparing to leave for the train."
Author:
Powell, Aaron M. (Aaron Macy), 1832-1899
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[February 14, 1859]
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
Social reformers--United States
Powell, Aaron M. (Aaron Macy), 1832-1899
Cheever, George B. (George Barrell), 1807-1890
Marriott, Lucia, 1786-1859
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 18 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10zb19q
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Place of origin:
Home, [Ghent, New York]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
The note about the death of Lucia Marriott that Powell sends Garrison is not included in the letter but is printed in the Liberator of February 18, 1859 (Vol. XXIX, no. 7).
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5124840
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.29, p.17
Barcode:
39999085431359