Letter from Oliver J. Eells, Cornwall, [Vermont], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1834 March 11th

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Title:
Letter from Oliver J. Eells, Cornwall, [Vermont], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1834 March 11th
Description:
Oliver J. Eells writes to William Lloyd Garrison answering a call in the Liberator for subscribers to help obtain new subscribers. Eells says, "From love to the cause, of Anti-Slavery, as well as to sustain your invaluable journal" he has found three other people in Cornwall who will take the Liberator. He then criticizes the editor of the Vermont Chronicle, "Mr. [Ebenezer Carter] Tracy," who "rules here as with a rod of Iron. The Press in this state is in the hands of the enemys [sic] of our cause." Eells recommends Garrison come to Vermont "to cooperate with [Orson S.] Murray in arrousing [sic] the people to the consideration of the subject of Slavery and its only remedy, immediate, and unconditional, Emancipation." He then lists other reasons for Garrison to come to Vermont, and in the postscript, he asks Garrison to respond to his letter and to send him a copy of his "Baltimore Trial" ["A Brief Sketch of the Trial of William Lloyd Garrison].
Author:
Eells, Oliver J.
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
March 11, 1834
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
Eells, Oliver J.
Tracy, E. C. (Ebenezer Carter), 1796-1862
Murray, Orson S.
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
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Place of origin:
Cornwall, [Vermont]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "Mr. William Lloyd Garrison Editor of Liberator Boston. Mss. No 11. Merchants Hall."
Identifier:
5708011
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.4, p.21
Barcode:
39999086046545