Letter from Michael H. Barton, Jerusalem, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1838 [June] 20th

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Title:
Letter from Michael H. Barton, Jerusalem, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1838 [June] 20th
Description:
Michael H. Barton writes to William Lloyd Garrison stating that while he has not attached his own "name to the Anti-Slavery records; yet in the full sense of the word I am an Abolitionist ..." He tells Garrison that his work in the antislavery movement is preparing "the way for the Gosple [sic] Cov[enant] of Redemption to rool [sic] through the nations of the earth." Barton also says that he refuses to use "the produce of slavery." He then tells Garrison that he is sorry to see him "meddle with anything" outside the antislavery cause, warning it has "a tendency to blunt the keen edge of the weapons that you hold in your hands." Barton explains that he is referring specifically to Garrison's comments on "the Sabbath and civil government." He shares his thoughts about starting a paper in New York or Philadelphia, to be called "the Morning Sun'; Bound to no Sect, to no one party tied, To truth and right wherever allied." In the postscript, Barton asks Garrison to send the Liberator to Rachel Malen in Jerusalem, N.Y., identifying her as "the woman that W[illia]m Turpin put up with when here, - and to whom he left $13000."
Author:
Barton, M. H. (Michael H.), 1797 or 1798-
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[June 20, 1838]
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
Christianity--United States--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
Christianity--United States
Christianity
Social reformers--United States
Barton, M. H. (Michael H.), 1797 or 1798-
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 32 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z111c184
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Place of origin:
Jerusalem, [New York]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "Wm. L Garrison Boston Mass."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5745346
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.7, p.37
Barcode:
39999086048640