Letter from Ray Potter, Pawtucket, [R.I.], to William Lloyd Garrison, April 21. 1841

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Ray Potter, Pawtucket, [R.I.], to William Lloyd Garrison, April 21. 1841
Description:
Ray Potter forwards to William Lloyd Garrison a pamphlet, and encourages him to read it, asserting its relevance to the antislavery cause, and the need for Garrison, as the "standard bearer" of said cause, to be appraised of new developments in the struggle. Potter praises Garrison's delivering a "faithful testimony against the wicked of the present corrupt ecclesiastical organization of the day", and asserts that the pro-slavery faithful, rather than Garrison, are "infidels". Potter includes a copy of a letter from Henry Clark Wright, which he hopes Garrison will publish in the pages of the "Liberator".
Author:
Potter, Ray, 1795-1858
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
April 21, 1841
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--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Christianity
Slavery and the church--United States
Potter, Ray, 1795-1858
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 20.4 x 32.3 cm.
Permalink:
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Place of origin:
Pawtucket, [R.I.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript annotated on recto, with "187" in pencil beneath Potter's salutation to Garrison.
Manuscript addressed (on verso) to "William Lloyd Garrison / Boston / Mass".
Identifier:
4716918
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.11, p.152
Barcode:
39999032923409