Gerrit Smith autograph letter signed to Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, Peterboro N.Y., 7 May 1858

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Item Information

Title:
Gerrit Smith autograph letter signed to Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, Peterboro N.Y., 7 May 1858
Description:
Mentions the death of his brother. Is as much disturbed by the possibility of [Hugh] Forbes's treachery. Thinks [John] Brown must go no further. Printed in part in F.B. Sanborn, Recollections of Seventy Years, p.155; Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, p.159.
Author:
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Addressee:
Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917
Name on Item:
Gerrit Smith
Date:
May 7, 1858
Format:
Manuscripts
Letters/Correspondence
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
MS E.5.1, pt. 1, p. 1-50 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
John Brown: Correspondence relating to John Brown and the raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859
Forbes, Hugh, active approximately 1848-approximately 1857
Brown, John, 1800-1859
Places:
New York > Madison (county) > Peterboro
Extent:
1 sheet (2 p.)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dz011517v
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated to the Boston Public Library by Thomas Wentworth Higginson in 1904.
Notes (date):
Date from item or from supporting materials.
Call #:
MS E.5.1, pt. 1, p. 21
Barcode:
39999085841300