Letter from Sophia Louisa Little, Pawtucket, [R.I.], to William Lloyd Garrison, January 5th 1838

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Title:
Letter from Sophia Louisa Little, Pawtucket, [R.I.], to William Lloyd Garrison, January 5th 1838
Description:
Sophia Little encloses the sum of $3.00 to William Lloyd Garrison in payment of her subscription to the Liberator. Little expresses her wish to know Garrison's thoughts on how the "peace discussion will affect the Slave question", and hints at a moral quandry on her part concerning the intersection of abolition and nonviolence.
Author:
Little, Sophia L. (Sophia Louisa), 1799-1893
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
January 5, 1838
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
Nonviolence--United States--History--19th century
Pacifism--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States
Nonviolence
Pacifism--History
Little, Sophia L. (Sophia Louisa), 1799-1893
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 19.8 x 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900pj905
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Place of origin:
Pawtucket, [R.I.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript is addressed to "William L Garrison Sister Mary Hill Boston Massachusetts".
Identifier:
4664393
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.7, p.2
Barcode:
39999063803447