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Holograph, signed.
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cv43q980b
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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Near Hollyhead, 70 miles from Liverpool, [England], to Helen Eliza Garrison, Monday afternoon, June 15, 1840, 5 o'clock
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document
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1
Source metadata
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cv43q980b
contentType
document
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normalized
title
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Near Hollyhead, 70 miles from Liverpool, [England], to Helen Eliza Garrison, Monday afternoon, June 15, 1840, 5 o'clock
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["June 15, 1840"]
year
1840
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
2819221
creators
Garrison, Helen Eliza, 1811-1876
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Garrison, Helen Eliza, 1811-1876
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
Oxford, Edward
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
genreBasic
Correspondence
Manuscripts
typeOfResource
Text
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pageCount
1
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extent
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 13 x 7 7/8 in.
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yes
Source extras
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sf268508b
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ht24xg10q
notes
Holograph, signed.
William Lloyd Garrison wrote this letter to his wife, Helen Eliza Garrison, while on board a ship bound for Liverpool. The ship passed Holyhead in a violent gale and dense fog. The pilot boarded the ship at 8 p.m., bringing the Liverpool Chronicle, which reported an attempt to assassinate Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Edward Oxford, the assassin, was part black and was therefore considered by the passengers to have been incapable of being insane at the time he committed the crime. Garrison writes that he has arrived safely in Liverpool on Tuesday morning, June 16, 1840.
The salutation, Garrison's signature, and the last sentence of the letter have been crossed out, probably for purposes of publication. This letter was printed in part in the Liberator, July 31, 1840.
pubPlace
Near Hollyhead, 70 miles from Liverpool, [England]
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cv43q980b
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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