Letter from Arnold Buffum, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1834 [July] 24

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Title:
Letter from Arnold Buffum, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1834 [July] 24
Description:
Arnold Buffum writes to William Lloyd Garrison introducing him to his friend "Dillet [probably Stephen Dillet] from Nassau in the island of New Providence." Buffum says he is "a member of the Colonial Legislature and is a gentleman worthy of a seat in any Legislative body whatever." He then discusses "the triumph of the Colonization Mobocracy in New York" and how the riot has emboldened the colonizationists as "no one will dare to say a word against them for fear of a coat of tar and feathers." He then declares "we have indeed fallen on evil times," and blames newspapers for inciting "the Colonization rabble to suppress truth by Mobs and riots these being the only arguments by which they can have any hope of successfully contending with Abolitionists."
Author:
Buffum, Arnold, 1782-1859
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[July 24, 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
African Americans--Colonization--Africa
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
American Colonization Society
Buffum, Arnold, 1782-1859
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10zr85s
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "Mr. Wm Lloyd Garrison Boston Mass."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5711947
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.4, p.53
Barcode:
39999086046743