Letter from Aaron Macy Powell, Worcester, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, May 17, 1864

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Title:
Letter from Aaron Macy Powell, Worcester, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, May 17, 1864
Description:
Aaron Macy Powell forwards to William Lloyd Garrison an "enclosed notice" which he requests to be printed in that week's edition of the Liberator. Powell gives Garrison a favorable review of the recent antislavery meetings he has attended to, although he confides that "which is personal and superfluous in discussion" leaves him displeased. Powell asserts that the primary matter of importance in the "presidential question" is "the amendment of the Constitution", and that with this matter settled, he would experience "little anxiety about the presidency". Powell asserts that he is "impelled to dissent" from Garrison's support for the re-nomination of Abraham Lincoln, owing to his belief that there exist "better men" more qualified to "administer public affairs in the period of Reconstruction", and asserts that the Baltimore Convention will do well to select a candidate who will be "an improvement upon Mr. Lincoln's, as Grant is superior to McClellan".
Author:
Powell, Aaron M. (Aaron Macy), 1832-1899
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
May 17, 1864
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Presidents--United States--Elections--1864
Antislavery movements--United States
Meetings
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Presidents--United States--Election--1864
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Powell, Aaron M. (Aaron Macy), 1832-1899
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 12.8 x 20.4 cm.
Permalink:
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Place of origin:
Worcester, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
4664316
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.33, p.54B
Barcode:
39999063807182