Letter from Charlotte Davis, Acton, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Feb. 22, 1841

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Title:
Letter from Charlotte Davis, Acton, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Feb. 22, 1841
Author:
Davis, Charlotte
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
February 22, 1841
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
Lectures and lecturing
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Davis, Charlotte
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv142x915
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Acton, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
On the verso, the delivery address is: Wm. Lloyd Garrison, 25 Cornhill, Boston, Mass.
Writing on behalf of a "few freedom loving spirits," Charlotte Davis invites William Lloyd Garrison to come to Acton to give an anti-slavery lecture. She explains: "We ask this of you not because you are 'abolitionism personified & incarnate,' or the 'God of our idolatry,' but that you may be living witness, not only against southern Slavery, but against the traducing spirit & evil genius of new organization. ..."
Identifier:
4529496
Call #:
Ms.A.1.2 v.11, p.82
Barcode:
39999066767417