Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1840 Sept[ember] 8

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Title:
Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1840 Sept[ember] 8
Description:
Henry Clarke Wright writes to William Lloyd Garrison sharing his worries about "the political abolitionists in New York" and his fears "at the affect their political combination & struggle are producing on their minds." He quotes from a letter he received from William O. Duval, who was present at the Syracuse Convention, describing the convention and the nomination of Gerrit Smith for Governor of New York. Wright criticizes Smith for accepting the nomination against his own "scruples" and quotes from a letter Smith wrote him to show Smith's reasoning. He accuses Smith of "duplicity" and William Goddell and Beriah Green of teaching "Hypocracy [sic] & Blasphemy." Wright also tells Garrison that Smith is ill and that Charles C. Burleigh "is doing battle nobly for the right & the true but the noble man is wearing out" from constant lecturing. He reports that he is arguing with the First Church in Newbury, stating that he "is outlawed by the state [and] shall soon be Excommunicated by the Church." He then discusses a published letter to him from William Goodell about "abolishing slavery by legislative action," saying he will not respond to it until Goodell "will answer frankly the question at issue now between us. He dreads it. He is losing ground." Wright also comments on Garrison's return from England and his actions at the World Anti-Slavery Convention, praising him for "standing aloof, against the narrow[-]mindedness, meanness & slaveholding spirit of the convention."
Author:
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
September 8, 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
Social reformers--United States
Liberty Party (U.S. : 1840-1848)
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Duval, William O.
Green, Beriah, 1795-1874
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Stewart, Alvan, 1790-1849
General Anti-slavery Convention (1st : 1840 : London, England)
Goodell, William, 1792-1878
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Burleigh, Charles C. (Charles Calistus), 1810-1878
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 26 cm.
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Place of origin:
Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "Wm. Lloyd Garrison 25 Cornhill Boston Mass."
Identifier:
5848495
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.9, p.117
Barcode:
39999085839239