Letter from Franklin Kelsey Phoenix, Bloomington, Ill., to William Lloyd Garrison, [May] / 8 1868

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Title:
Letter from Franklin Kelsey Phoenix, Bloomington, Ill., to William Lloyd Garrison, [May] / 8 1868
Description:
Franklin Kelsey Phoenix writes William Lloyd Garrison stating that his father was "an ardent abolitionist" from 1834 to his death in 1840, and expresses his hopes to have inherited his father's "Reform Proclivities". Phoenix opines that there is no greater foe facing them than "Whisky - threatening Church & State". Phoenix expresses his astonishment at the ease with which "Rum & License triumphed in Mass". Phoenix solicits Garrison's advice on "[w]hat to do for Temperance & [h]ow to do it".
Author:
Phoenix, Franklin Kelsey, 1825-1911
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[May 8, 1868]
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
Temperance--United States--History--19th century
Alcohol--Law and legislation--Massachusetts--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Temperance--United States
Alcohol--Law and legislation
Phoenix, Franklin Kelsey, 1825-1911
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
Massachusetts
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 14.2 x 21.5 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900qc15r
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Bloomington, Ill.
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript composed upon stationary bearing the typeset letterhead of the "Bloomington Nursery & Garden".
Manuscript annotated on recto, with "52" in pencil above Phoenix's salutation to Garrison.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4715266
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.36, p.26B
Barcode:
39999066758499