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Holograph, signed with initials.
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cv43rn04r
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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, New York, to Helen Eliza Garrison, Oct. 21, 1861
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cv43rn04r
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title
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, New York, to Helen Eliza Garrison, Oct. 21, 1861
description
Holograph, signed with initials.
date
["October 21, 1861"]
year
1861
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3134891
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
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887
Cary, Alice, 1820-1871
Cary, Phoebe, 1824-1871
Cheever, George B. (George Barrell), 1807-1890
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
Shaw, Sarah Blake Sturgis, 1815-1902
Tilton, Theodore, 1835-1907
Goodell, William, 1792-1878
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Forbes, John Murray, 1813-1898
Beecher, Lyman, 1775-1863
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Correspondence
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1 leaf (4 p.) ; 8 x 5 in.
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yes
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sf268508b
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ht24xg10q
notes
Holograph, signed with initials.
William Lloyd Garrison describes a dismal train ride in the rain and heat. He was warmly welcomed by Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Johnson. He went to Brooklyn with Oliver Johnson and Wendell Phillips Garrison, and they heard Henry Ward Beecher preach. Beecher's sermon was a racy discourse on conscience. John Murray Forbes of Milton and Mrs. Francis George Shaw (i.e. Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw) of Staten Island were in the congregation. William L. Garrison shook hands with old Dr. Lyman Beecher, who is now in "a state of second childhood." William L. Garrison spoke with Henry Ward Beecher and was warmly greeted by Theodore Tilton and his wife. He had tea last evening with Alice and Phoebe Cary; Horace Greeley was present and they discussed the peace question. William L. Garrison attended George Barrell Cheever's church and thought his discourse on the Constitution was "wonderfully absurd." William Goodell "enjoyed it to the brim."
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New York
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cv43rn04r
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