Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Freedom's Cottage, Roxbury, [Mass.], to Anna Elizabeth Benson, [Oct.? 1834]

Item Information

Title:
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Freedom's Cottage, Roxbury, [Mass.], to Anna Elizabeth Benson, [Oct.? 1834]
Addressee:
Benson, Anna Elizabeth, 1801-1843
Author:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[October 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
Benson, Anna Elizabeth, 1801-1843
Benson, George, 1752-1836
Benson, Henry Egbert, 1814-1837
Benson, Sarah Thurber, 1799-1850
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 9 7/8 x 8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43q140q
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Freedom's Cottage, [Roxbury, Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
William Lloyd Garrison is delighted that Anna, Henry, and Sarah will visit them. Since his marriage, Garrison has become "a home-body." Garrison sends his sympathies and "tenderest solicitude" to father (George Benson) in his present poor health.
Notes (citation):
Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.1, no.179.
Identifier:
3134446
Call #:
Ms.A.1.1 v.1, p.52
Barcode:
39999066777879
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