Letter from John Greenlead Whittier, Amesbury, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1864 [January] 17
John Greenleaf Whittier writes to William Lloyd Garrison after reading in the Liberator a letter "from my old & highly esteemed friend, A[bijah] W[yman] Thayer, Esq. in relation to a letter received by me from Henry Clay." Whittier confirms that he had written Clay "to use his influence to effect thy liberation from prison in Baltimore" but that he cannot find the letter. Clay told Whittier that he had written to a friend in Baltimore "to inquire into the matter" and discovered that "he had been anticipated by a gentleman from New York" [Arthur Tappan]. Whittier remarks that while Clay did own slaves, "had he lived to our day, [he] would, I am sure, have been found on the side of Union, & therefore of Liberty." In the postscript, Whittier tells Garrison he will send him the letter if he can find it.
- Por Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892, Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
- Fechado en ["January 17, 1864"]
- Conservado por Boston Public Library
- Parte de Anti-Slavery Collection
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