Letter from James Caleb Jackson, Peterboro, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, 3dmo [March] 7, 1841

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Title:
Letter from James Caleb Jackson, Peterboro, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, 3dmo [March] 7, 1841
Description:
James Caleb Jackson writes to William Lloyd Garrison expressing his joy of finding himself enjoing the comforts of family and home, which he had "enjoyed but little" of in years prior. Nevertheless, Jackson belies a strange pride in insisting that were it not for his devotion to abolitionism he could be materially well-off, and implies that concern for worldly, material matters over spiritiual concerns is un-Christian. Jackson refutes charges leveled against him by William Goodell, stating that the views expressed have origin in the "Soc For Col" (American Colonization Society), which he charges as manifesting a "proslavery spirit" in the state of New York. Jackson closes by announcing his having been invited to tour and lecture in Western Massachusetts, an offer which he states he must decline on account of his poor health.
Author:
Jackson, James C., 1811-1895
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
March 7, 1841
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
Jackson, James C., 1811-1895
American Colonization Society
Goodell, William, 1792-1878
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 19.6 x 32.1 cm.
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Place of origin:
Peterboro, [N.Y.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Letter is addressed to "William Lloyd Garrison, 25 Cornhill [Street], Boston, Massachusetts".
Letter is headed with "Not for Publication".
Identifier:
4486919
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.11, p.104
Barcode:
39999054962996