Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, [Boston, Mass.], to Eliza Frances Jackson Meriam Eddy, Saturday morning, Nov. 3, [1855]

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Title:
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, [Boston, Mass.], to Eliza Frances Jackson Meriam Eddy, Saturday morning, Nov. 3, [1855]
Addressee:
Eddy, Eliza Frances Jackson Meriam, 1816-1881
Author:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[November 3, 1855]
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
Eddy, Eliza Frances Jackson Meriam, 1816-1881
Jackson, Francis, 1789-1861
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 7 3/4 x 5 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43qx99s
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[Boston, Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
William Lloyd Garrison asks Mrs. Eddy to convey his thanks to her father, Francis Jackson, for the grapes he sent. Garrison makes a pun on grapes, referring to General Taylor's use of grape[shot] in Mexico. Garrison expresses his grateful appreciation of Francis Jackson's generous and heroic character that he has known through their twenty years of association.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.4, no.122.
Identifier:
2821780
Call #:
Ms.A.1.1 v.5, p.17
Barcode:
39999066751999
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