Letter from Mary Ashton Livermore, Chicago, [Ill.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Aug[ust] 16. 1869

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Title:
Letter from Mary Ashton Livermore, Chicago, [Ill.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Aug[ust] 16. 1869
Description:
Mary Livermore writes William Lloyd Garrison having learned that Garrison declines to attend their planned convention. Livermore states that the "affectionate and husbandly reason" given by Garrison to excuse his absence is fully appreciated. Livermore nonetheless states that their "need of [Garrison] is so urgent" that she makes one final appeal to his attendance at the convention, asserting that they have "few eminent people in the West, and none who carry such weight intellectually or morally as the New England leaders". Livermore states that she is hosting a convention practically weekly, and shares her confidence with Garrison as to the physical and mental toll that such a schedule imposes. Livermore asserts that the "limitations, subjection, deprivations, ignorance, sufferings and sorrows of women" leave a heavy mark upon her soul, and hopes that the Chicago Convention will "radiate an influence throughout the West that will vitalize" the women's rights movement. Livermore requests that the New England Woman's Suffrage Association send to them two delegates, and declares that her preference be that they be Garrison and Lucy Stone. Livermore asserts that Massachusetts is the "brain and conscience" of the United States. Livermore writes that their struggle is as much a moral as a political one.
Author:
Livermore, Mary A. (Mary Ashton), 1820-1905
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
August 16, 1869
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
Women's rights--United States--History--19th century--Congresses
Women--Political activity--United States--History--19th century
Women--Suffrage--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Women's rights--United States--Congresses
Women's rights--United States--History--19th century
Women--Political activity--United States
Women--Suffrage--United States--History
Livermore, Mary A. (Mary Ashton), 1820-1905
Whipple, Charles K. (Charles King), 1808-1900
New England Woman's Suffrage Association (Boston, Mass.)
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
National anti-slavery standard
Extent:
1 leaf (6 p.) ; 12.9 x 20.5 cm.
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Place of origin:
Chicago, [Ill.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript header on first page contains a note informing Garrison that the planned convention will not be an Illinois Convention but a "Western Women's Convention", with eight western states being represented.
Identifier:
4664134
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.36, p.92A
Barcode:
39999063803645