Letter from Parker Pillsbury, Bristol, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, 19th April 1854

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Parker Pillsbury, Bristol, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, 19th April 1854
Description:
Parker Pillsbury writes William Lloyd Garrison concerning his inability to write for the Liberator at present owing to ongoing ill health, and the advice of his doctor's for total rest and refraining from exertion. Pillsbury relates a letter he wrote to Wendell Phillips concerning American abolitionists in Great Britain, and offers a brief comparison of the movements in the United States and in Great Britain. Pillsbury reiterates to Garrison his thoughts concerning the National Anti-Slavery Standard, and disputes the impression given by May's correspondence concerning his and Webb's exchange on the matter. Pillsbury praises the character and abilities of Oliver Johnson in spite of his absence of "remarkable gifts or graces as a writer". Pillsbury laments his treatment by May, and asserts that his sadness at this is "beyond all utterance".
Author:
Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
April 19, 1854
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--Newspapers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Antislavery movements--Great Britain
Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
Weston, Caroline, 1808-1882
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
American Anti-Slavery Society. Executive Committee
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Places:
United Kingdom
Extent:
2 leaves (6 p.) ; 18.9 x 25.2 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900qb725
Terms of Use:
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No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Bristol, [England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript annotated on recto, with "33" in pencil beneath Pillsbury's salutation to Garrison.
The second leaf of manuscript is a letter dated April 21 [1854] from Pillsbury to Garrison concerning the slow but sure amelioration of his health, and the likelihood of his complaints recurring in the future.
Identifier:
4715240
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.24, p.35
Barcode:
39999066758648