Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, August 30, 1872

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, August 30, 1872
Description:
Gerrit Smith writes William Lloyd Garrison thanking him for providing him with a copy of Garrison's last printed letter. Smith derides the perspective of the North as having "proved herself unforgiving & cruel to the South" as a "baseless & wicked" misinterpretation.
Author:
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
August 30, 1872
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
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 25.2 x 20.5 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900pg245
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Peterboro, [N.Y.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
4664269
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.37, p.54A
Barcode:
39999063805442