Letter from Arnold Buffum, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp, 1834 [December] 13

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Title:
Letter from Arnold Buffum, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp, 1834 [December] 13
Description:
Arnold Buffum writes to William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp informing them that the packages of the Liberator he expected to receive during the last two weeks have not arrived in Philadelphia. Buffum says that he hears "frequent complaints from subscribers who should receive their papers by Mail" and cites a number of people who have paid for the Liberator but never received a copy. He assumes they are sending the papers "regularly and that some enemy stops them on the way" and he suggests an "explanatory paragraph" be included in the Liberator to inform subscribers of the problem. He also shares his hope that more permanent funding for the Liberator will be found, stating, "It ought to be honorably sustained, it must be liberally supported." Buffum then comments that he has learned that "cotton yarn manufactured in Virginia, by slave labor, is now selling in Philadelphia at a lower price, than yarn of equal quality can be afforded when the laborer receives a just remuneration for his toil." He asks, "Will the 'Working Men' of New England be content with such wages as will enable their employers successfully to compete with those whose laborers are slaves ... ?" Buffum declares that the "Abolition of Slavery, in our country, is indispensably necessary to make labor respectable, and the working man respected." After his autograph, Buffum says that if they publish part of his letter to the Board of Managers "it might be best to omit some parts."
Author:
Buffum, Arnold, 1782-1859
Addressee:
Knapp, Isaac, 1804-1843
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[December 13, 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
Slave labor
Social reformers--United States
Buffum, Arnold, 1782-1859
Knapp, Isaac, 1804-1843
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10zt236
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "Garrison & Knapp Boston" and it is postmarked with a red, octagonal stamp reading, "Phila 14 Dec."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5713481
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.4, p.91
Barcode:
39999086046867