Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to George William Benson, Jan. 14, 1839

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Place of origin:
Boston, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
The action taken by the the Windham County Anti-Slavery Society in regard to the Liberator was timely. William Lloyd Garrison expects a painful conflict at the annual meeting. John E. Fuller defected and reviles the Liberator; but he cannot influence colored friends in favor of a new paper. After reading Garrison's "Watchman, what of the night?," Isaac Knapp said that anger reddened Amos A. Phelps's face and his lips quivered. Phelps said that Garrison was "a wicked man, utterly unfit to be engaged in any moral enterprise, & c." Garrison believes the plotters will succeed. Or, if they fail, they will start a paper on their own. Garrison exclaims that "the crisis is truly momentous" and George W. Benson "must be here without fail."
Notes (citation):
Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.2, no.138.
Identifier:
3134590
Call #:
Ms.A.1.1 v.3, p.28
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39999066748433
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