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Source Description
Copy of letter, in the hand of another person. Whereabouts of original manuscript unknown.
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Document identity
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6h441752k
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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Roxbury, [Mass.], to Samuel May, June 15, 1875
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document
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1
Source metadata
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6h441752k
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document
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normalized
title
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Roxbury, [Mass.], to Samuel May, June 15, 1875
description
Copy of letter, in the hand of another person. Whereabouts of original manuscript unknown.
date
["June 15, 1875"]
year
1875
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3135362
creators
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775--Centennial celebrations, etc
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Charlestown
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Correspondence
Manuscripts
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Text
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
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1
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extent
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 5/8 x 7 3/4 in.
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yes
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Charlestown
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42.3765284
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-71.0607871
notes
Copy of letter, in the hand of another person. Whereabouts of original manuscript unknown.
William Lloyd Garrison declines an invitation to the Centennial Celebration of Bunker Hill Day on the moral grounds that one half of the citizens of the United States are still subjected to taxation without representation. He is not interested in the military part of the parade.
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Roxbury, [Mass.]
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6h441752k
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document
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1
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photo
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