Letter from William Henry Fish, South Scituate, [Massachusetts], to Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, 1881 July 6

Item Information

Title:
Letter from William Henry Fish, South Scituate, [Massachusetts], to Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, 1881 July 6
Description:
William Henry Fish writes to Franklin Benjamin Sanborn in regards to Theodore Parker's wife leaving her husband's manuscripts to Sanborn. He writes of his hope that "something valuable would be culled from them." He writes that he would like to help with circulating Parker's works. He reminisces about the "fatal lecturing campaign of '[18]57 or '[185]8" and the attendance of many abolitionists.
Author:
Fish, William H. (William Henry)
Addressee:
Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917
Date:
July 6, 1881
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
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Lectures and lecturing
Fish, William H. (William Henry)
Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917
Parker, Lydia Dodge Cabot
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887
Pierpont, John, 1785-1866
Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911
Curtis, George William, 1824-1892
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 21 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z111d813
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
South Scituate, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript contains pencil annotations that say "[Theodore Parker] Als re him" and "To FB Sanborn" and "Boston" and "Very good."
Identifier:
5754026
Call #:
Ms. 2665
Barcode:
39999086049150