Letter from Thirty Truckmen, [Boston, Massachusetts?], to William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp, [1835?]

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Thirty Truckmen, [Boston, Massachusetts?], to William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp, [1835?]
Description:
In this letter to the Editor of the Liberator, the "Thirty Truckmen," declare that the editor is to "remove your office and not to issue the paper any more." They warn that if the Liberator continues, "you will have a coat of tar and feathers," and they promise, "We shall have no mercy on you after this Notification." After the autograph, they ask for the notice to be shown to William Lloyd Garrison and George Thompson.
Author:
Thirty Truckmen
Addressee:
Knapp, Isaac, 1804-1843
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[1835?]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--Violence against--United States--History--19th century
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
Abolitionists--United States
Violence
Antislavery movements--United States
Garrison Mob, Boston, Mass., 1835
Social reformers--United States
Knapp, Isaac, 1804-1843
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 23 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z111846p
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[Boston, Massachusetts?]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Legacy catalog card identifies the place of publication of this manuscript as "[Boston?]"
Legacy catalog card identifies the date of publication of this manuscript as "[1835?]"
On verso, the letter is addressed "To the Editor of Boston Liberator."
Identifier:
5721466
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.5, p.67
Barcode:
39999086048277