Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Samuel Joseph May, June 22, 1839

Title:: Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Samuel Joseph May, June 22, 1839
Addressee:: May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Author:: Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:: June 22, 1839
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
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Bradford, Samuel, 1800-1845
Leavitt, Joshua, 1794-1873
Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:: 1 leaf (4 p.) ; 10 x 7 7/8 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43q909w
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Place of origin:: Boston, [Mass.]
Language:: English
Notes:: Holograph, signed.
William Lloyd Garrison will be with Samuel Joseph May on July 4th; Garrison has not yet written his address for July 4th. Will Mr. (John Quincy) Adams be present at the event? Garrison suggests examining some of Adams's objections to abolition in his address. He sets forth the principles of Samuel Bradford of Indiana, who addressed the Boston nonresistance circle. Garrison inveighs against ritual in Christianity. Garrison has replied to James Gillespie Birney in the Emancipator. Garrison says that Joshua Leavitt's "introductory remarks show a disturbed state of mind."
Notes (citation):: Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.2, no.156.
Identifier:: 2818980
Call #:: Ms.A.1.1 v.3, p.35
Barcode:: 39999066748516
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