Letter from Joseph C. Hathaway, Waterloo, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1840 [March] 4

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Joseph C. Hathaway, Waterloo, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1840 [March] 4
Description:
Joseph C. Hathaway writes to William Lloyd Garrison that James Caleb Jackson "is still upon his back by my side in a deranged state of mind singing 'Auld Lang Syne.'" He reports that Jackson is "in a very precarious condition ... [and] yesterday he was perfectly insane for more than twelve hours," but "he receives every possible attention from this kind hearted and benevolent family (Thomas McClintock)." Hathaway is "anxious ... that he may be saved and I not only hope but think & believe that he will be." In the postscript, he tells Garrison that since writing the letter, two doctors have arrived and "are decided in the opinion that his symptoms are favorable."
Author:
Hathaway, Joseph C.
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[March 4, 1840]
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
Mental illness--United States
Social reformers--United States
Hathaway, Joseph C.
Jackson, James C., 1811-1895
McClintock, Thomas, 1792?-1876
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 26 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z110231n
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Waterloo, [New York]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "William Lloyd Garrison Liberator Office Boston Mass."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5828865
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.9, p.16
Barcode:
39999085838975