Letter from Andrew Paton, Glasgow, [Scotland], to William Lloyd Garrison, 4th Feb[ruary] 1851

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Andrew Paton, Glasgow, [Scotland], to William Lloyd Garrison, 4th Feb[ruary] 1851
Description:
Andrew Paton recounts to William Lloyd Garrison his grief over the Edinburgh Ladies Anti-Slavery Society's report on its reasons for withholding contributions to the Boston Bazaar, and labels their claims "offensive". Paton declares his view that the Quakers are "in many respects a strange set, & beyond being fathomed in their motives & conduct".
Author:
Paton, Andrew, 1805-1884
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
February 4, 1851
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
Abolitionists--Scotland--19th century--Correspondence
Women abolitionists--Scotland--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--Scotland--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Anti-slavery fairs--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists
Women abolitionists
Social reformers--United States
Social reformers
Edinburgh Ladies Anti-Slavery Society
Paton, Andrew, 1805-1884
Wigham, Eliza
Richardson, Anna H.
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
Scotland
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 20.1 x 25.8 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h7402172
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Glasgow, [Scotland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript annotated on recto, with "3" in pencil beneath Paton's salutation to Garrison.
Manuscript addressed on verso to "Mr Wm. L. Garrison 21 Cornhill Boston U. S."
Identifier:
4714199
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.20, p.3
Barcode:
39999066763671