Letter from George Thompson, Marblehead Beach, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1835 Oct[ober] 22

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Title:
Letter from George Thompson, Marblehead Beach, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1835 Oct[ober] 22
Description:
George Thompson writes to William Lloyd Garrison after hearing about "yesterday's proceedings in Boston" [the anti-Garrison mob] and rejoicing that Garrison has "escaped the jaws of the lion." Thomson questions, "What have our enemies done? What have their tar & feathers, the demolitions, their lacerations, scourgings, and hangings effected?" Have they extinguished the truth? No. Have they shaken our principles? No." He encourages Garrison, telling him to put his trust in God and asserting that "Our principles live & are triumphing in every direction." He also warns that the "opposers of the cause have themselves a bitter lesson to learn," predicting that if the mob rule comes to dominate society "they will be destroyed by the recoil of their own weapons."
Author:
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
October 22, 1835
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--England--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--Violence against--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States
Violence
Garrison Mob, Boston, Mass., 1835
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
England
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z111828r
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Place of origin:
Marblehead Beach, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
This letter is printed in the Liberator of October 31, 1835 (Vol. V, no. 44).
On verso, the letter is addressed to "Mr. Wm Lloyd Garrison, Leveret Street Jail, Boston or elsewhere."
Identifier:
5720967
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.5, p.60
Barcode:
39999086048236