Letter from Orange Scott, Springfield, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1836 Dec[ember] 30

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Title:
Letter from Orange Scott, Springfield, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1836 Dec[ember] 30
Description:
Orange Scott writes to William Lloyd Garrison discussing his "deep interest in the cause in which you are engaged - and to which your paper is devoted." Scott identifies himself as "a Methodist preacher, Member of the New England Conference, and Presiding Elder of Providence District." He tells Garrison of his plan to purchase 100 copies of the Liberator "to give away," saying he wants all the preachers in his conference to have a copy of the Liberator for a few months. Scott predicts many of the preachers would become subscribers after reading the paper and they would also show it to others who may take out new subscriptions. He tells Garrison he is writing a number of articles "on the subject of immediate emancipation for Zion's Herald" but if that paper declines to publish them, he hopes Garrison might include some in the Liberator. Scott declares, "I am determined to bring the subject of abolition before our ministry and people, and before our next conference." In the postscript, Scott asks Garrison to send him the Liberator beginning with the January issue.
Author:
Scott, Orange, 1800-1847
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
December 30, 1836
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
Methodist Church--United States--History
Social reformers--United States
Scott, Orange, 1800-1847
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 33 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z1118907
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Place of origin:
Springfield, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "Mr. Wm. L. Garrison Editor Liberator Boston Mass. 31 Cornhill."
Identifier:
5724088
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.6, p.37
Barcode:
39999086048376