Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Roxbury, to Lydia Maria Child, Oct. 25, 1874

Item Information

Title:
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Roxbury, to Lydia Maria Child, Oct. 25, 1874
Addressee:
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
Author:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
October 25, 1874
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (10 p.)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wm118953n
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Roxbury
Language:
English
Notes:
Handwritten and transcribed by unknown person. Whereabouts of original manuscript unknown.
Above the salutation, the letter is marked: Copy.
Garrison thanks Mrs. Child for a letter giving the details of David Lee Child's last illness and death, and for two photographs, one of the deceased and one of Mrs. Child. He sympathizes with the bereaved and said he would have come to Mr. Child's funeral if he had known about it in time. He said he worked for Mr. Child in 1827 as a compositor for the Massachusetts Journal, of which Mr. Child was the editor. Praises Mr. Child's understanding of the evils of slavery, and refers to a speech he made at the first annual meeting of the New England Anti-Slavery Society on Jan. 16, 1833. Praises Mrs. Child's writings in favor of reforms. Sends a photograph of himself.
Identifier:
3132195
Call #:
MS A.1.1 v.8, p.64A
Barcode:
39999064321241
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