Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Mary Benson, Sept. 22, 1838

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Place of origin:
Boston, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Amos Augustus Phelps wishes William Lloyd Garrison to take the furnished house at $300 a year. The Peace Convention just closed; more than 150 were enrolled. As a result of women being elected to committees, some clergy and other attendees ordered their names erased from the rolls; there are "only about ten or twelve left." George W. Benson spoke with great power at the convention. Samuel Joseph May got strangely confused. Garrison's "Declaration of Sentiments" was adopted 5 to 1; he expects it to cause tremendous excitement. The New England Non-Resistance Society was formed; Garrison lists the names of the officers. Garrison and brother George (Benson) stayed with the Southwicks.
Notes (citation):
Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.2, no.128.
Identifier:
3134561
Call #:
Ms.A.1.1 v.3, p.19
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