Letter from Gustavus Andrews, Boston, Mass., to Samuel Edward Sewall, April 9th, 1874

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Title:
Letter from Gustavus Andrews, Boston, Mass., to Samuel Edward Sewall, April 9th, 1874
Description:
Gustavus Andrews writes to Samuel E. Sewall reporting that he had read an article by William Lloyd Garrison on Charles Sumner which caused him to recollect incidents he had personally witnessed during the early days of the abolitionist movement, including Garrison's being "roughly handled by a Boston Mob", and the courtroom scene where Anthony Burns as forceably "ordered back into slavery". Concerning the latter incident, Andrews states that United States Marines were given tin boxes of ammunition with orders to fire upon any citizen who might attempt to free Burns, and forwards one of these boxes to Sewall to give to Garrison as a memento of the past, should he desire it.
Author:
Andrews, Gustavus
Addressee:
Sewall, Samuel E. (Samuel Edmund), 1799-1888
Date:
April 9, 1874
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
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Fugitive slaves--United States
Sewall, Samuel E. (Samuel Edmund), 1799-1888
Burns, Anthony, 1834-1862
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 15.3 x 21.7 cm.
Permalink:
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Place of origin:
Boston, Mass.
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript is composed upon the typeset stationary of the "Massachusetts State Police. Office of the Chief Constable of the Commonwealth, 24 Pemberton Square, Boston, Mass." Stationary header includes the Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Identifier:
4664784
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.37, p.102B
Barcode:
39999066765502