Letter from Nathan Blount, Poughkeepsie, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1835 Sep[tember] 21st

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Title:
Letter from Nathan Blount, Poughkeepsie, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1835 Sep[tember] 21st
Description:
Nathan Blount writes to William Lloyd Garrison asking about a bill he received for the Liberator, noting that "several" of his subscribers also received bills for their subscriptions "with a threat of doscontinuing the Liberator" if it was not settled by October. Blount confesses he is "at a loss how to account for this" and states that he has "ever endeavoured to do all I could to keep the Liberator from suffering by means," telling Garrison that he considers "it to be the providence of God" that he became an agent for the paper. He then outlines the history of how he became acquainted with Garrison and the Liberator, noting that after hearing Garrison speak he "abandoned all idea of goin[g] to Africa" and "became one of the most bitter opposers of the Liberian scheme and have remain[ed] so." Blount then details some of his payments to Garrison and asks him for an "account of all the money that have been sent by me."
Author:
Blount, Nathan
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
September 21, 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
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Blount, Nathan
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
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Place of origin:
Poughkeepsie, [New York]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "Mr. William Lloyd Garrison (31) Corn-Hill Boston Mass."
Identifier:
5720664
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.5, p.51
Barcode:
39999086046990