Letter from Samuel Johnson, North Andover, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Feb[ruary] 8 [18]78

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Title:
Letter from Samuel Johnson, North Andover, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Feb[ruary] 8 [18]78
Description:
Samuel Johnson writes William Lloyd Garrison thanking him for the copy of his letter to W.E. Chandler. Johnson states that he is always happy to read whatever Garrison "may write on these momentous issues". Johnson expresses his desire that Benjamin Hayes, Stanley Matthews and Robert G. Ingersoll be "exposed, & punished". Johnson asserts to Garrison that the February 2nd edition of the Boston Journal contains a "virtual confession, or rather an authoritative admission, of the Bargain with the Southern Democrats" (the Compromise of 1877). Johnson praises Senator James G. Blaine's speech on the "Silver Bill" (the Bland-Allison Act), and declares that Blaine "should have been President".
Author:
Johnson, Samuel, 1822-1882
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[February 8, 1878]
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
Free thought--United States--History--19th century
Political corruption--United States--History--19th century
Presidents--United States--Elections--1876
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Free thought--History
Political corruption--United States--History
Presidents--United States--Election--1876
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Johnson, Samuel, 1822-1882
Hayes, Benjamin, 1815-1877
Matthews, Stanley, 1824-1889
Ingersoll, Robert Green, 1833-1899
Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893
Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25.2 x 20.4 cm.
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Place of origin:
North Andover, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4664685
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.40, p.13B
Barcode:
39999066765742