Letter from Edward M. Davis, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1840 [December] 10th

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Title:
Letter from Edward M. Davis, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1840 [December] 10th
Description:
E.M. Davis writes to William Lloyd Garrison informing him that the "articles for Professor [William] Adam were delivered to him" and he "had the pleasure of a personal interview with him" while Davis was in England. He reports that William Dawes and John Keep returned to the United States in the same ship he did, "the British Queen," and many abolitionist lectures were given on the ship. Davis says, "We had a pretty hot abolition furnance on board and more than one had their pro-slavery fingers burned." He then tells Garrison that his society is holding its semi annual meeting in Philadelphia and asks if a number of Massachusetts abolitionists can attend, including Wendell Phillips, Ellis Gray Loring, Maria Weston Chapman, and Henry Grafton Chapman. He also invites Garrison to the meeting, telling him that "If you cannot come, as I know your spirit will be with us, let it be clothed in words." Davis asks Garrison to stop sending him the Liberator in New York and what is the amount of his debt for the paper.
Author:
Davis, Edward Morris, 1811-1887
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[December 10, 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
Antislavery movements--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Meetings
Social reformers--United States
Davis, Edward Morris, 1811-1887
Adam, William, 1796-1881
Dawes, William, 1799-1881
Keep, John, 1781-1870
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
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Place of origin:
Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "William L. Garrison 25 Cornhill Boston."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5857187
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.10, p.86
Barcode:
39999085839296