Letter from Oliver Johnson, Anti-Slavery Office, New York, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1864 June 20

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Title:
Letter from Oliver Johnson, Anti-Slavery Office, New York, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1864 June 20
Description:
Oliver Johnson writes to William Lloyd Garrison remarking that he is not suprised by Garrison's letter, he "felt sure that my faithful showing up of the Cleveland [Radical Republican nominating] party, its platform and candidates, would greatly displease the partizans [sic] of Fremont." Johnson says he "await[s] the action of the [Executive] Committee [of the American Anti-Slavery Society] with the composure natural to one who feels that he has done right." He tells Garrison that he even had a dream where he "saw myself arraigned before the Committee by [Wendell] Phillips who seemed angry enough to blast me." Johnson hopes the Committee will "delay action" until he can meet them, but he says that if he is "required either to set the Standard in opposition to Lincoln's election, or to suppress my honest convictions in regard to the Fremont movement, its candidates, and platform, I shall resign the editorial chair."
Author:
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
June 20, 1864
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--Newspapers--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Presidents--United States--Election--1864
Social reformers--United States
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
American Anti-Slavery Society. Executive Committee
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
National anti-slavery standard
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 21 cm.
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Place of origin:
Anti-Slavery Office, New York, [New York]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5863447
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.33, p.61A
Barcode:
39999085840377