Letter from Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Worcester, [Massachusetts], to Theodore Parker, 1854 Dec[ember] 1

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Title:
Letter from Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Worcester, [Massachusetts], to Theodore Parker, 1854 Dec[ember] 1
Description:
Thomas Wentworth Higginson writes to Theodore Parker in regards to Parker's indictment for a speech made at Fanueil Hall on the Anthony Burns case. His speech incited a riot resulting in the death of one of the Marshal's guards. He writes, "The breach must [widen?] till there is a division & perhaps a civil war."
Author:
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911
Addressee:
Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860
Date:
December 1, 1854
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--Lectures and lecturing--United States--History--19th century
Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Lectures and lecturing
Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States
Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860
Burns, Anthony, 1834-1862
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911
Extent:
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 15 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z111942s
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Worcester, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5725900
Call #:
MS B.1.22, p.91
Barcode:
39999086048202