Letter from Edward Palmer, Bangor, [Maine], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1837 Aug[ust] 9

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Title:
Letter from Edward Palmer, Bangor, [Maine], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1837 Aug[ust] 9
Description:
Edward Palmer writes to William Lloyd Garrison that he has stayed in Bangor longer than planned hoping to see his brother who should be returning from the South. Palmer says he was "an abolitionist before he went there" and he fears "it very likely he might come back with his eye put out." Palmer then discusses a speech he is preparing "on Liberty ... the liberty which belongs to all the children of God." He argues that both the "nominal church and the institution of human governments stand directly in the way of this liberty" and should be abolished along with all other "anti-Christian instituttions." He tells Garrison about an address he delivered in Bangor to a small audience, believing that most of his listeners "probably considered it the effusion of a fanatic's brain, not worth regarding." He comments that many other abolitionists have distanced themselves from Garrison's and Henry Clarke Wright's ideas "relative to human governments," but that "those who have faith in God ... will not long care to be known as favoring such institutitions." In the postscript, Palmer says he will be leaving Bangor this week and heading westward.
Author:
Palmer, Edward, 1802-1886
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
August 9, 1837
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
Christian anarchism--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Christian anarchism
Christianity
Social reformers--United States
Palmer, Edward, 1802-1886
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 26 cm.
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Place of origin:
Bangor, [Maine]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "Wm Lloyd Garrison, Boston, Mass," and it is postmarked with a red, circular stamp reading, "Bangor Me. Aug 10"
Identifier:
5724125
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.6, p.61
Barcode:
39999086048418