Letter from Theodore Tilton, Cincinnati, [Ohio], to William Lloyd Garrison, Jan[uary] 11. 1866

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Title:
Letter from Theodore Tilton, Cincinnati, [Ohio], to William Lloyd Garrison, Jan[uary] 11. 1866
Description:
Theodore Tilton forwards a letter to William Lloyd Garrison, and reports that he is studying Missouri "affairs" on the spot, having had "full conferences" in St. Louis with the "leading radicals of the State". Tilton relates that the plan outlined in the enclosed letter seems to him to be a "necessary precaution" in the effort towards "reordering the institutions of the Southern States". Tilton opines that the "ballot ought to be consitutionally denied" to illiterate persons in the Southern States, with suffrage (regardless of race) only granted upon the ability to read.
Author:
Tilton, Theodore, 1835-1907
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
January 11, 1866
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
Suffrage--United States--History--19th century
Literacy tests (Election law)--Southern States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Suffrage--United States
Literacy tests (Election law)
Tilton, Theodore, 1835-1907
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
Southern United States (area)
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 12.8 x 20.5 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900q865b
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No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Cincinnati, [Ohio]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript annotated on recto, with "6" in pencil beneath Tilton's salutation to Garrison.
Identifier:
4714029
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.34, p.5A
Barcode:
39999066760537