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Holograph, signed.
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Document identity
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cv43q802r
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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to George William Benson, May 25, 1838
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document
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Source metadata
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cv43q802r
contentType
document
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normalized
title
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to George William Benson, May 25, 1838
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["May 25, 1838"]
year
1838
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3134553
creators
Benson, George William, 1808-1879
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
Benson, George William, 1808-1879
Alcott, Abba May, 1800-1877
Fitch, Charles, 1805-1844
Marlborough Chapel (Boston, Mass.)
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
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Correspondence
Manuscripts
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Text
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1
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1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.
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yes
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sf268508b
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ht24xg10q
notes
Holograph, signed.
At the time of the dedication ceremony for Marlborough Chapel, there were four companies of infantry and lancers ready for protection. There were placards inciting citizens against the abolitionists. William Lloyd Garrison describes the dedication discourse by Charles Fitch as an irrelevant humdrum. Mrs. Maria Weston Chapman is fatally ill with a "brain fever." Garrison will miss her ready aid. Mrs. Chapman was making arrangements for Garrison's salary. Garrison urges George William Benson to attend the convention in Boston. Garrison is in debt and had to borrow money to go to New York and Philadelphia. Mrs. (Abba May) Alcott would like to summer in Brooklyn, but she is very poor.
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Boston, [Mass.]
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cv43q802r
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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