Letter from William Smeal, Glasgow, [Scotland], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]40 [August] 1

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Title:
Letter from William Smeal, Glasgow, [Scotland], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]40 [August] 1
Description:
William Smeal writes to William Lloyd Garrison informing him that William Adam has learned from Charles Lenox Remond that "R[alph] R. Gurley & a Coloured [sic] female named Ela, have just arrived in Liverpool." Smeal says that Adam wanted Garrison to know this and thinks that "it would be well for thee to challenge R.R.G. on the Colonization question," predicting Gurley will wait for Garrison to leave the United Kingdom before tring to gain influence. He then discusses "some misgivings about our Female friends" among abolitionists in Glasgow, quoting from a letter from Dr. [Ralph] Wardlaw asking if they will try to take any part in the anniversary meeting. Smeal says, "If the Women are refused the platform, & interdicted speaking, it shall be known to whom belongs the odium." He says he told Warlaw he was unable to answer his question and is waiting for George Thompson to return from Edinburgh, predict ing that Thompson "will be of service in helping the right settlement of the question." In the postscript, Smeal adds that Charles Lenox Remond "was a little better yesterday, after being bled."
Author:
Smeal, William, 1793-1877
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[August 1, 1840]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--Scotland--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Women's rights--Great Britain--History--19th century
Abolitionists
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
African Americans--Colonization--Africa
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Women's rights--Great Britain
Women's rights--History
Smeal, William, 1793-1877
Gurley, Ralph Randolph, 1797-1872
Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Wardlaw, Ralph, 1779-1853
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
Scotland
United Kingdom
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 24 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z1104398
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Glasgow, [Scotland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "Wm. Lloyd Garrison care of Wm. Rathbone Merchant Liverpool."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5843875
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.9, p.91
Barcode:
39999085839171