Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Anti-Slavery Office, [Boston, Mass.], to Helen Eliza Garrison, Monday Evening, Dec. 28, 1835

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Place of origin:
Anti-Slavery Office, [Boston, Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
William Lloyd Garrison reached Boston after only eight hours on the journey. He is staying at Miss Parker's house. Garrison talked there with Mr. & Mrs. May. Amos Augustus Phelps was mobbed in Farmington, Conn.; a brickbat was thrown at him and just missed his head. C. P. Grosvenor was mobbed in Worcester County. Charles Stuart was mobbed in the western part of New York state, where a brickbat knocked him senseless. George Storrs was mobbed, arrested, and accused of being a vagrant. James T. Austin is the supposed author of the sharp review of William E. Channing's book. William Slade of Vermont spoke nobly in the anti-slavery debate in Congress.
Notes (citation):
Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.1, no.239.
Identifier:
3134477
Call #:
Ms.A.1.1 v.1, p.93
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