Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to George William Benson, Sept. 30, 1839

Item Information

Place of origin:
Boston, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
William Lloyd Garrison reports on the Non-Resistance Convention. Radical and "ultra" resolutions were adopted. Henry C. Wright held public discussions with Nathaniel Colver. Colver showed a "devilish spirit" in the debates. Garrison has been busy moving into a house in Cambridgeport with a lease of two years. Garrison is in need of money; he has borrowed from both Samuel Philbrick and Francis Jackson. He asks George William Benson to obtain a loan for him of $300. Garrison had to pay $40 to release his brother James from the Navy Yard.
Notes (citation):
Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.2, no.163.
Identifier:
3134597
Call #:
Ms.A.1.1 v.3, p.37
Barcode:
39999066748557
mq8679487