Letter from Aaron Macy Powell, Ghent, N.Y., to William Lloyd Garrison, May 8, 1861

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Title:
Letter from Aaron Macy Powell, Ghent, N.Y., to William Lloyd Garrison, May 8, 1861
Description:
Aaron Macy Powell writes to William Lloyd Garrison expressing their regrets that that Garrison family was unable to attend their wedding ceremony. Powell expresses his hope that "this extraordinary revolutionary awakening" taking place over the nation will result in the quick death of slavery. Powell commends Garrison's editorial on the war in the Liberator, and affirms that the present is "no time to furl the banner of genuine vital nonresistance".
Author:
Powell, Aaron M. (Aaron Macy), 1832-1899
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
May 8, 1861
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
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Powell, Aaron M. (Aaron Macy), 1832-1899
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
National anti-slavery standard
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25.7 x 20.3 cm.
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Place of origin:
Ghent, N.Y
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Letter ends abruptly mid-sentence. Final page(s) missing. Authorship is not identified on document, but contextual clues suggest Aaron Macy Powell, which is confirmed by the card catalog entry. Manuscript is continued under call number MS A.1.2 v.31, p.46B.
Identifier:
4501510
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.31, p.45B
Barcode:
39999089664179