Letter from George Washington Frost Mellen, Boston, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, March 9 1844

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Title:
Letter from George Washington Frost Mellen, Boston, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, March 9 1844
Description:
George Washington Frost Mellen writes William Lloyd Garrison sending an enclosed "communication" concerning the justification of the institution of slavery by the United States Constitution, which he hopes that Garrison might "admit into the columns of the Liberator". Mellen's communiqué concludes on the position that "slavery is not upheld by the Consitution".
Author:
Mellen, G. W. F. (George Washington Frost)
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
March 9, 1844
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
United States.
Antislavery movements--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Meetings
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
Mellen, G. W. F. (George Washington Frost)
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (9 p.) ; 20.9 x 25.7 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h73zx97v
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Boston, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript is incomplete.
Identifier:
4699039
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.14, p.17
Barcode:
39999066762921