Letter from Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Boston, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Jan[uary] 13th 1875

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Title:
Letter from Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Boston, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Jan[uary] 13th 1875
Description:
Josephine Ruffin writes William Lloyd Garrison thanking him for his letter published in the paper, likening it to a "ray of light" cutting through the gloom of a week of "denunciation and defamation of the friends of the friendless".
Author:
Ruffin, Josephine St. Pierre, 1842-1924
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
January 13, 1875
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
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
African American women abolitionists
Women abolitionists--United States
Suffragists
Ruffin, Josephine St. Pierre, 1842-1924
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 11.2 x 17.7 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h740918s
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Boston, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
4664586
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.38, p.5A
Barcode:
39999066765718