Letter from Wendell Phillips, to William Lloyd Garrison, Aug[us]t 29th [1859]

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Wendell Phillips, to William Lloyd Garrison, Aug[us]t 29th [1859]
Description:
Wendell Phillips forwards to William Lloyd Garrison a "form of Petition", and advises Garrison to refer to the Fugitive Slave Act as a "Bill not a Law", and to refer to fugitive slaves as "men" rather than "slaves". Phillips offers his suggestions to Garrison for the distribution of this petition.
Author:
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[August 29, 1859]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
United States.
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc--United States--History--19th century
Fugitive slaves--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States
Fugitive slaves--United States
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 12.6 x 20.3 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h740547d
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[Place of publication not identified]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger..
Manuscript annotated on recto, with "97" in pencil beneath Phillips' salutation to Garrison,. and "1859." in black ink beneath letterhead date.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4715232
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.29, p.98
Barcode:
39999066764448