Letter from Wiliam Lloyd Garrison, 14 Dix Place, Boston, [Mass.], to James Manning Winchell Yerrinton, Thursday, March 22, 1855

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Title:
Letter from Wiliam Lloyd Garrison, 14 Dix Place, Boston, [Mass.], to James Manning Winchell Yerrinton, Thursday, March 22, 1855
Addressee:
Yerrinton, J. M. W. (James Manning Winchell), -1893
Author:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
March 22, 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
Capital punishment--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Yerrinton, J. M. W. (James Manning Winchell), -1893
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 7 3/4 x 4 7/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43rh25p
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Place of origin:
14 Dix Place, Boston, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph.
William Lloyd Garrison presumably wrote this letter to James Manning Winchell Yerrinton. Garrison writes: "Please not to forget that the final hearing before the Committee on Capital Punishment will be had this afternoon, (probably at 3 o'clock,) in the Hall of the House of Representatives. Pray, be 'in at the death,' if you can. Yours, to hang the gallows."
The bottom of page one of this letter was cut off and William Lloyd Garrison's signature is missing.
Notes (citation):
Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.4, no.108.
Identifier:
3134810
Call #:
Ms.A.1.1 v.5, p.12
Barcode:
39999066751924
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