Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Roxbury, [Mass.], to Oliver Johnson, Jan. 13, 1873

Item Information

Title:
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Roxbury, [Mass.], to Oliver Johnson, Jan. 13, 1873
Addressee:
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
Author:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
January 13, 1873
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
Christian union
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 8 x 5 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/6h441414j
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Roxbury, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
William Lloyd Garrison begins this letter to Oliver Johnson: "Accept my special thanks for your letter of Thursday, urging me to write my autobiography, with particular reference to certain phases of the Anti-Slavery struggle. Out of my regard to your opinion and that of other cherished friends, I cannot say nay; yet I am not quite ready to respond affirmatively in a public manner, lest nothing should come of it." Garrison doubts such a book would sell, and his memory is not equal to the task. The postman just brought two overdue copies of the Christian Union. Garrison does not share Oliver Johnson's admiration for Horace Greeley, who has just died.
Notes (citation):
Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.6, no.88.
Identifier:
3135277
Call #:
Ms.A.1.1 v.8, p.23B
Barcode:
39999066754456
mq9001989