Letter from Sarah Pugh, Germantown, [Pa.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Oct[ober] 18th [18]78

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Title:
Letter from Sarah Pugh, Germantown, [Pa.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Oct[ober] 18th [18]78
Description:
Sarah Pugh writes William Lloyd Garrison informing him that she has learned of the death of George Thompson through Garrison's announcement in the Boston Journal. Pugh reminisces over Thompson's achievements and labors, noting in particular the "most kindly attentions" he displayed to her and Abby Kimber when they were abroad with Thompson in Scotland in 1840. Pugh announces her regrets to have not seen Garrison that summer in Philadelphia. Pugh inquires of Garrison's opinion of "Harriet Martineau's Biography", in particular of the section composed by Maria Weston Chapman, stating that her correspondance with Chapman in the past year has been both "interesting & instructive". Pugh notes that she and Lucretia Mott were in attendance at the "Rochester Decade" women's rights convention, itself the thirty-year anniversary of the 1848 Woman's Rights Convention held in Seneca Falls, N.Y.
Author:
Pugh, Sarah, 1800-1884
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[October 18, 1878]
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 abolitionists--United States--History--19th century--Correspondence
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Women social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--England--19th century
Social reformers--England--History--19th century
Women's rights--Congresses--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
Social reformers--United States
Women social reformers--United States
Abolitionists
Social reformers
Women's rights--United States--Congresses
Women's rights--United States--History--19th century
Women--Suffrage--United States--History
Pugh, Sarah, 1800-1884
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Kimber, Abby, 1804-1871
Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876
Martineau, James, 1805-1900
Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
England
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 26.2 x 20.2 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900q6089
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Place of origin:
Germantown, [Pa.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript annotated on recto, with "82" appearing in pencil above Pugh's salutation to Garrison.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4698975
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.40, p.45A
Barcode:
39999066759505