Letter from Arnold Buffum, Providence, [Rhode Island], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1833 [March] 4

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Title:
Letter from Arnold Buffum, Providence, [Rhode Island], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1833 [March] 4
Description:
In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Arnold Buffum mentions his plans to travel to New York and discusses meetings held in Canterbury, Connecticut, "to devise ways and means to suppress P[rudence] Crandalls school and I am informed that the excitement is so great that it would not be safe for me to appear there." He calls this opposition "one of the legitmate flowers of Colonization" and says he would rather be excommunicated from his church than stop criticizing the colonization movement. He also asks Garrison to send him "the name and residence of the friend who wrote on the subject of a donation for our school" and tells him that if Garrison will not go to England next month, then he would instead. After his autograph, Buffum adds, "Write me all the news."
Author:
Buffum, Arnold, 1782-1859
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[March 4, 1833]
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
African Americans--Colonization--Africa
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Canterbury Female Boarding School (Canterbury, Conn.)
Buffum, Arnold, 1782-1859
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10zj73r
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Providence, [Rhode Island]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5157022
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.3, p.17
Barcode:
39999086045497