Letter from Edmund Quincy, Boston, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1838 Aug[ust] 10

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Edmund Quincy, Boston, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1838 Aug[ust] 10
Description:
In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Edmund Quincy discusses the planned Peace Convention in Boston. He tells Garrison that Henry Clarke Wright informed him that the clergy "are already preaching against it, the effect of which will probably be, the attendance of only pretty thorough men." He predicts, "the result of the Convention will probably be a new Organization on the principle of the Inviolability of Human Life." Quincy also asks Garrison and his brother-in-law, George William Benson, to prepare "a Declaration of Sentiments & Constitution ... of this great principle." He adds that Henry Clarke Wright and Samuel Joseph May are also working on a constitution, as well as Amasa Walker and himself. Quincy states that Henry Brewster Stanton raised $1500 on "a short tour of ten days or so" and asks how many people from Connecticut will attend the Peace Convention. He also describes a letter he received from Charles Sumner reporting on a speech by Lord Brougham that praised George Thompson as "the most eloquent man he had ever heard either in or out of Parliament."
Author:
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
August 10, 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
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
New England Non-Resistance Society
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Peace Convention (1838 : Boston, Mass.)
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z111c93p
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Place of origin:
Boston, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "William Lloyd Garrison. Brooklyn. Connecticut." and it is postmarked with a red, circular stamp reading, "Boston Ms. Aug 11."
Identifier:
5745770
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.7, p.48
Barcode:
39999086048681