Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, 13 Pine Street, [Boston, Mass.], to Theodore Parker, Thursday afternoon, [April 20, 1848]

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Title:
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, 13 Pine Street, [Boston, Mass.], to Theodore Parker, Thursday afternoon, [April 20, 1848]
Addressee:
Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860
Author:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[April 20, 1848]
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
Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860
Garrison, Helen Eliza, 1811-1876
Garrison, Elizabeth Pease, 1846-1848
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43rc663
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
13 Pine Street, [Boston, Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
William Lloyd Garrison writes that his baby, Eilizabeth Pease Garrison, died this morning from lung fever. Garrison says: "No strange thing has happened unto us, in view of human mortality---nothing dark or mysterious; yet we feel our bereavement deeply and tenderly." They would like to have Theodore Parker present at the funeral tomorrow afternoon and "to express whatever sentiments the occasion may suggest."
The letter is signed: Wm. Lloyd and Helen E. Garrison.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.3, no.230.
Identifier:
3134766
Call #:
Ms.A.1.1 v.4, p.76
Barcode:
39999066751254
mq8749473