Letter from Josephine Elizabeth Grey Butler, Liverpool, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, May, 1874

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Title:
Letter from Josephine Elizabeth Grey Butler, Liverpool, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, May, 1874
Description:
Josephine Butler writes William Lloyd Garrison concerning the news she has heard regarding the proposed bill "similar to the Contagious Diseases Act" which is about to pass in the American Congress, and cautions Garrison, declaring that there will be a "long, perhaps illimitable struggle" ahead of them should the bill entrench itself within the American legal system. Butler asserts that the legislation "eats like a cancer into the morals & the liberties of the people", and makes criminals of those who choose to resist. Butler forwards a number of papers concerning the matter to Garrison and implores him to distribute them as widely as is possible.
Author:
Butler, Josephine Elizabeth Grey, 1828-1906
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
May 1874
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
Women social reformers--England--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--England--History--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Women social reformers
Women abolitionists
Women's rights--United States--History--19th century
Butler, Josephine Elizabeth Grey, 1828-1906
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
England
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 23.1 x 17.9 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h740669n
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Liverpool, [England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript composed upon stationary bearing the typeset letterhead of the "Ladies National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts", with the address of the office of the Executive Committee listed beneath.
Identifier:
4715227
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.37, p.107B
Barcode:
39999066764745