Letter from Female Literary Association, Phila[delphia, Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Female Literary Association, Phila[delphia, Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp
Description:
Writing on behalf of the Female Literary Association, Sarah Mapps Douglass writes to William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp "to purchase a few copies of [Garrison's pamphlet] 'Thoughts on Colonization'". She offers them "our heartfelt thanks for what you have done" and assures them, "dear to our people are the names of Garrison and Knapp." Douglass also reports the "Association is increasing in number and usefulness." In the postscript, she says she could have purchsed the books through "the agent but the Association wished to express their sympathy," before adding that she will obtain the books from Joseph Cassey.
Author:
Female Literary Association of Philadelphia
Addressee:
Knapp, Isaac, 1804-1843
Secretary:
Douglass, S. M. (Sarah Mapps), 1806-1882
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
December 6, 1832
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
African American women abolitionists--History--19th century
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
African American women abolitionists
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Female Literary Association
Douglass, S. M. (Sarah Mapps), 1806-1882
Knapp, Isaac, 1804-1843
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 23 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10zh58f
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Phila[delphia, Pennsylvania]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5148958
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.2, p.42A
Barcode:
39999086045315