Letter from Edward Atkinson, Boston, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, M[ar]ch 28, 1874

Title:: Letter from Edward Atkinson, Boston, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, M[ar]ch 28, 1874
Author:: Atkinson, Edward, 1827-1905
Addressee:: Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:: March 28, 1874
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
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Atkinson, Edward, 1827-1905
Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894
Extent:: 1 leaf (1 p.) ; 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/6h441554q
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Place of origin:: Boston, [Mass.]
Language:: English
Notes:: Holograph, signed.
Edward Atkinson suggests that William Lloyd Garrison run for Charles Sumner's seat in the United States Senate.
On page 2-3 of this manuscript William Lloyd Garrison replies to Edward Atkinson on March 28, 1874. Garrison says that it is out of the question that he should be chosen by the Massachusetts Legislature as a successor to Charles Sumner in the United States Senate. Garrison hopes that Nathaniel Prentiss Banks will not be chosen to fill the vacancy because of his advocacy of Millard Fillmore's resolutions.
Identifier:: 3135319
Call #:: Ms.A.1.1 v.8, p.42B
Barcode:: 39999066754852
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