Letter from Owen Lovejoy, Princeton, [Ill], to William Lloyd Garrison, Nov[ember] 22, 1863

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Title:
Letter from Owen Lovejoy, Princeton, [Ill], to William Lloyd Garrison, Nov[ember] 22, 1863
Description:
Owen Lovejoy informs William Lloyd Garrison that he has only just received the invitation to attend the American Anti-Slavery Society's anniversary meeting in Philadelphia, and that he hopes to be present. Lovejoy asks that Garrison, in the event that he cannot attend, note that Lovejoy is in favor of an "act of Congress abolishing slavery" in the entirety of the United States, and that holding or claiming to hold a slave be made a penal offense. Lovejoy opines that if the construction of a Pacific Railroad in promotion of the "general welfare" is deemed to be constitutional in the absence of "any specific grant of powers in the Constitution", then it logically follows that the eradication of slavery would also be deemed a constitutional act, and that arguments of "State sovereignity" in the matter are not defensible from a Constitutional perspective.
Author:
Lovejoy, Owen, 1811-1864
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
November 22, 1863
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--Congresses--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Congresses and conventions
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
States' rights (American politics)
American Anti-Slavery Society
Lovejoy, Owen, 1811-1864
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
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Place of origin:
Princeton, [Ill.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
4665126
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.32, p.85B
Barcode:
39999066766518