Letter from Elizabeth L. Palmer, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Feb[ruary] 21st 1879
Description:
Elizabeth L. Palmer informs William Lloyd Garrison that his "clear, definite, dignified" appeal to the public "comes like a bugle call" amidst the "uncertain, indefinite protests" against the Chinese Exclusion Act, and laments that he is not among the halls of Congress. Palmer informs Garrison that whereas beforehand she was content to leave politics in "the hands of men", the treatment of the Chinese at the hands of the United States government compels her to protest against "such an infamous act", and asserts that the act represents a lower "depth of disgrace" for the nation than even the "Southern outrages".
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript annotated on recto, with "30" in pencil above Palmer's salutation to Garrison.
Manuscript addressed from "117. 2nd Ave New York City".