Letter from William Watkins, [Baltimore, Maryland], to William Lloyd Garrison, [1835] July 20

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Title:
Letter from William Watkins, [Baltimore, Maryland], to William Lloyd Garrison, [1835] July 20
Description:
William Watkins writes to William Lloyd Garrison apologizing for violating the rule that "all letters relating to the affairs of the Liberator must be directed to H[enry] E[gbert] Benson" by saing that his letter "related to something more than 'to the affiars of the Liberator.' It involves a compound account." Watkins then lists the balance due to Garrison and mentions that Richard Greener has complained to him about not receiving his copy of the Liberator. He describes the approaching debate between Garrison "the champion of two and a half millions of the oppressed" and Ralph Gurley of the American Colonization Society, "the representative of all the negro-hatred." Watkins says he himself would publicly debate "any colonizationist in Maryland" and would defend abolitionists in any public meeting where they were "denounced, and colonizationists, at their expense, eulogised [sic]." He also discusses the American Union and some pamphlets they had distributed, calling them "a Sahara over which I was not willing to retrace my steps on account of the paucity of oases to be found in it." Watkins then describes a church service where he was introduced to William McKenney, American Colonization Society agent in Maryland, Moses Sheppard, and Ethan Allen Andrews, all American Union supporters.
Author:
Watkins, William, approximately 1800-1858
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[July 20, 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 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
African Americans--Colonization--Africa
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
American Union for the Relief and Improvement of the Colored Race
Watkins, William, approximately 1800-1858
Gurley, Ralph Randolph, 1797-1872
Andrews, E. A. (Ethan Allen), 1787-1858
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 32 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10zv33n
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
[Baltimore, Maryland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "Mr. Wm Lloyd Garrison, Boston, Mass" and it is postmarked with a red, circular stamp reading, "Baltimore MD Jul 20."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5720199
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.5, p.32
Barcode:
39999086046941