Letter from Robert Purvis, Washington, D.C., to William Lloyd Garrison, Nov[ember] 18th 1878

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Robert Purvis, Washington, D.C., to William Lloyd Garrison, Nov[ember] 18th 1878
Description:
Robert Purvis writes William Lloyd Garrison expressing his thanks for Garrison's gift of a photograph of George Thompson, and relates that gazing upon it kindles his memory to the "early days of our Anti-Slavery warfare". Purvis relates to Garrison his evening spent with Lucretia Mott in which they read aloud letters from Thompson and Garrison. Purvis states with sadness how their circle "narrows", and states that soon, none of the "Old Guard" of their cause will remain.
Author:
Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
November 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
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
African American abolitionists--History--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--England--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
African American abolitionists
Abolitionists
Women abolitionists--United States
Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
England
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 20.3 x 26.9 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900qd00b
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Washington, D.C.
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript composed upon stationary bearing the typeset letterhead of the "Office of the Commissioners of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company."
Manuscript annotated on recto, with "101" in pencil above Purvis' salutation to Garrison.
Manuscript addressed from "1118 13th St."
Identifier:
4716860
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.40, p.56
Barcode:
39999032923706