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Holograph, signed with initials.
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cv43rv38t
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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Pittsburgh, [Pa.], to Helen Eliza Garrison, Sunday, Dec. 3, 1865
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cv43rv38t
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document
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normalized
title
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Pittsburgh, [Pa.], to Helen Eliza Garrison, Sunday, Dec. 3, 1865
description
Holograph, signed with initials.
date
["December 3, 1865"]
year
1865
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
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no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3135043
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
Freed persons
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Garrison, Helen Eliza, 1811-1876
Irish, Elisha H., d. 1866
Shipherd, Jacob R. (Jacob Rudd), 1836-1905
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
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Correspondence
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Text
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1 leaf (4 p.) ; 8 1/8 x 4 7/8 in.
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yes
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notes
Holograph, signed with initials.
William Lloyd Garrison lectured very poorly on behalf of the freedmen's cause on Dec. 1. Garrison writes: "I do not 'take' to Cincinnati at all, and do not think I shall be in a hurry again to visit it. Its proximity to the Kentucky shore has necessarily contaminated it with contempt for the negro; and though it is loyal, it is very badly infected with colorphobia [sic]." The Freedmen's Aid Committee has received a good deal of clothing and money from England, but very little from Cincinnati. The train trip from Cincinnati to Pittsburg took 17 hours. Garrison went to Dr. E.H. Irish's house, where he found George Thompson. Garrison mentions a meeting to promote the freedmen's cause in which he, George Thompson, Rev. Shipherd, and Judge Bond spoke. Garrison will leave soon for Philadelphia. He is still angry about the pick-pocket who stole his money. Garrison ends this letter with instructions about mail and money.
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Pittsburgh, [Pa.]
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cv43rv38t
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document
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