Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, N.Y., to William Lloyd Garrison, Dec[ember] 23 [18]61

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, N.Y., to William Lloyd Garrison, Dec[ember] 23 [18]61
Description:
Gerrit Smith asks that William Lloyd Garrison print "six or eight" extra copies of the Liberator should he think that Smith's letter to Mr. Gurley warrants publication. Smith informs Garrison that he has additionally written to Oliver Johnson on the matter. Smith confides his fear that "our nation is lost".
Author:
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[December 23, 1861]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
Gurley, Ralph Randolph, 1797-1872
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 25.5 x 20.3 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h73zp85m
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Peterboro, N.Y.
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4698967
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.31, p.88A
Barcode:
39999066761311