Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to George William Benson, Thursday Morning, [Sept. 17], 1835

Item Information

Title:
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to George William Benson, Thursday Morning, [Sept. 17], 1835
Addressee:
Benson, George William, 1808-1879
Author:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[September 17, 1835]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Lynching--Southern States
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Lynching
Vigilance committees
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Benson, George William, 1808-1879
Tappan, Arthur, 1786-1865
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 7 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43q2441
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Brooklyn, [Conn.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed with initials.
George William Benson is expected in Brooklyn. The gallows left at Brighton Street were destroyed by the city authorities. Vigilance committees and lynch clubs have been organized in slave states. Plans for the abduction of Arthur Tappan, George Thompson, and William Lloyd Garrison have been made. Money has been appropriated for this purpose. Garrison holds that death is no calamity, for it will hasten the destruction of slavery. In order to win Southern votes, Whigs and Jacksonians are vying with each other in expressing their hatred of abolitionism.
On the bottom of page three of this manuscript, there is a separate note by George William Benson to William Lloyd Garrison about forwarding bundles of mail.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.1, no.214.
Identifier:
2816831
Call #:
Ms.A.1.1 v.1, p.73A
Barcode:
39999066747526
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