Letter from Charles Whipple, Newburyport, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1835 June 12

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Title:
Letter from Charles Whipple, Newburyport, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1835 June 12
Description:
Charles Whipple writes to William Lloyd Garrison sending him a number of books "for the benefit of the People of Color in Boston or elsewhere" and offering to send him another 200 volumes. He tells Garrison he has also sent him an invoice indicating which books he may have available but warns "it is possible there may be some omissions of Books mentioned in the Invoice." Whipple adds that if "some benevolent persons would furnish strong Cloth, or Sheep Skin," to cover the books, they could be used for circulation and the covering "would tend greatly to their preservation, and thus promote the object." Whipple then mentions that he intended to send the same invoice of books to George Kimball "from which selections might be made for the Canaan School" but that sending it to Garrison "will supercede the necessity of sending one to Mr. K." He also returns to Garrison his "block cut of the slave in chains" and states that while he missed the last meeting of the Essex County Anti-Slavery Society he heard "that it was a very intereseting one, and that the results promose to be most propitious to the cause." After his autograph, Whipple offers to give Garrison "twenty to fifty Charts of various Seas, Coasts and Harbors" which could be "mail[ed] up round any School Room or elsewhere."
Author:
Whipple, Charles, 1781?-1859
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
June 12, 1835
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
African Americans--Education--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
African Americans--Education--History
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Whipple, Charles, 1781?-1859
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
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Place of origin:
Newburyport, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "Mr. William L. Garrison, Editor of the Liberator, Boston. With three boxes and Bundle of Books, for the People of Color."
Identifier:
5713910
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.5, p.30
Barcode:
39999086046933