Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Roxbury, [Mass.], to Theodore Tilton, April 5, 1870

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Place of origin:
Roxbury, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Handwritten copy of letter; not William Lloyd Garrison's handwriting.
A page has been crossed out because it is a duplicate of page two.
Above the salutation, this letter has been marked "Private."
William Lloyd Garrison criticizes Theodore Tilton's "effort to induce the American Woman Suffrage Association to coalesce with the New York Society, or give place to an entirely new organization." Garrison objects to Tilton quoting Lucy Stone in an article in the Independent to the effect that the Association would be represented at the conference. Garrison explains that Lucy Stone "feels that you have placed her in a false position by extracting from her letter a part of a sentence, and claiming her to be foremost in support of your scheme---a scheme which does not commend itself to her approval any more than it does mine." William Lloyd Garrison regards Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony as "untruthful, unscrupulous, and selfishly ambitious."
Notes (citation):
Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.6, no.52.
Identifier:
2827489
Call #:
Ms.A.1.1 v.7, p.111A
Barcode:
39999066755495
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