Letter from S.P. Leland, Windsor, Ohio, to William Lloyd Garrison, Sept[ember] 7, 1857

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Title:
Letter from S.P. Leland, Windsor, Ohio, to William Lloyd Garrison, Sept[ember] 7, 1857
Description:
S. P. Leland writes William Lloyd Garrison following receipt of several copies of the Liberator, and asserts that the "people of the North" are quickly becoming prepared to "blow the sparks that are falling from the hearth-stones of the Disunion party and kindle a flame under the altars of this corrupted Union that never can be quenched". Leland declares that, "protected by impious laws", the pro-slavery forces in Kansas are "today recording scenes of unparelled pollution through the influence of this invidious sin". Leland lambasts Congress and President Buchanan for their role in the crisis, and in their handling of the issue of slavery. Leland states that abolitionist fervor is lacking in many respects in Ohio, and beseeches Garrison to send some from the "Old Bay State" to "favor [Ohio] with their labors", citing the success met by Parker Pillsbury while in Ohio the previous year (despite Pillsbury being, per Leland, a rather unaccomplished orator), and by Henry Clarke Wright.
Author:
Leland, S. P.
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
September 7, 1857
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--Lectures and lecturing--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Slavery--Political aspects--Kansas--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Lectures and lecturing
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Slavery--Political aspects--United States--History--19th century
Leland, S. P.
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
Kansas
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 19.9 x 31.4 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900pg092
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Windsor, Ohio
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript is addressed from "Windsor, Ashtabula Co, Ohio".
Identifier:
4664261
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.27, p.55
Barcode:
39999063803413