Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Samuel Joseph May, July 28, 1834

Title:: Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Samuel Joseph May, July 28, 1834
Addressee:: May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Author:: Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:: July 28, 1834
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
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Breckinridge, John, 1797-1841
Ellsworth, William Wolcott, 1791-1868
McKenney, William, 1790-1857
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Bacon, Leonard, 1802-1881
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Crandall, Prudence, 1803-1890
Breckinridge, Robert J. (Robert Jefferson), 1800-1871
Extent:: 1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 x 8 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43q1054
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Place of origin:: Boston, [Mass.]
Language:: English
Notes:: Holograph, signed.
William Lloyd Garrison consents to print a pamphlet regarding Prudence Crandall's trial. Congressman William W. Ellsworth, who favors abolition in the District of Columbia, has declined reelection. Robert J. Breckenridge, John Breckenridge, Leonard Bacon, and William M'Kenney of the Maryland Colonization Society are in Boston with two African princes. Garrison was insulted by John Breckenridge when he called on him in the company of Amos A. Phelps.
Notes (citation):: Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.1, no.165.
Identifier:: 2816659
Call #:: Ms.A.1.1 v.1, p.45
Barcode:: 39999066777804
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