Letter from John Bowers, Phila[delphia, Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, Samuel E. Sewall, and Eleazer Mather Porter, [18]34 May 14th

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Title:
Letter from John Bowers, Phila[delphia, Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, Samuel E. Sewall, and Eleazer Mather Porter, [18]34 May 14th
Description:
John Bowers writes to William Lloyd Garrison, Samuel Edmund Sewall, and Eleazer Mather Porter Wells in response to the "circular from the Anti Slavery Society of Boston ... to raise the sume of twenty five dollars to assist in defraying the expense of the potrait of Miss Prudence Crandall." Bowers sends them the $25 requested and calls Crandall, "a thorough going abolitionist whose name ought, and no doubt will be handed down to posterirty as one of those great heroines whose names but seldom adorn the modern History of America."
Author:
Bowers, John, 1811-1873
Addressee:
Sewall, Samuel E. (Samuel Edmund), 1799-1888
Addressee:
Wells, E. M. P. (Eleazer Mather Porter), 1793-1878
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[May 14, 1834]
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 abolitionists--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
African American abolitionists
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Sewall, Samuel E. (Samuel Edmund), 1799-1888
Wells, E. M. P. (Eleazer Mather Porter), 1793-1878
Bowers, John, 1811-1873
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Crandall, Prudence, 1803-1890
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10zp33m
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Place of origin:
Phila[delphia, Pennsylvania]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed "To Mr. Wm Lloyd Garrison No 11 Merchants Hall Boston Massachu[set]ts"
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5708654
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.4, p.31
Barcode:
39999086046594