Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Oliver Johnson, August 9, 1860

Item Information

Title:
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Oliver Johnson, August 9, 1860
Addressee:
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
Author:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
August 9, 1860
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
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (8 p.) ; 7 x 4 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43rm23r
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Boston, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Handwritten copy of letter; not William Lloyd Garrison's handwriting. Whereabouts of original manuscript unknown.
William Lloyd Garrison thanks Oliver Johnson for the gift of a daguerreotype of Johnson. Garrison mediates on Johnson's appearance in the image and the changes due to growing older. Garrison emphasizes the "brotherly feeling" between himself and Johnson. Garrison has returned from a vacation tour with his family that lasted nearly three weeks in the New Hampshire mountains. Touring with a large family is an "expensive luxury." The election of Abraham Lincoln seems probable. Garrison comments about Lincoln: "He will do nothing to offend the South."
Notes (citation):
Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.4, no.308.
Identifier:
3134876
Call #:
Ms.A.1.1 v.5, p.107
Barcode:
39999066749282
mq8876044