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Holograph, signed with initials.
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cv43rz60z
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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, At Sea, to Helen Eliza Garrison, Thursday, 10 A.M., May 16, [1867]
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cv43rz60z
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title
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, At Sea, to Helen Eliza Garrison, Thursday, 10 A.M., May 16, [1867]
description
Holograph, signed with initials.
date
["[May 16, 1867]"]
year
1867
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3135109
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
Ocean travel
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Garrison, Helen Eliza, 1811-1876
Garrison, William Lloyd, Jr., 1838-1909
Lothrop, Samuel Kirkland, 1804-1886
Payne, Daniel Alexander, 1811-1893
Ritchie, John, ca. 1837-1919
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
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Correspondence
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2 leaves (8 p.) ; 10 x 6 in.
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notes
Holograph, signed with initials.
Letter written in pencil.
William Lloyd Garrison is now within twenty hours' sail of Queenstown. Garrison writes: "For twelve hundred miles we were enveloped in a dense and disagreeable fog, excepting just before entering the harbor of Halifax, when the fog fortunately lifted, and gave us tie to get fairly out of the harbor, when it again encompassed us with an impenetrable veil. But there was no abatement of our speed. On we rushed, with a full head of steam and all sails set, at the risk of coming in collision with other vessels or encountering some ice-berg; ..." It was very cold and nothing was done to warm the saloons. Garrison describes the passengers, including Bishop Payne of Wilberforce University. He criticizes Rev. Dr. Lothrop's behavior. He gives the names of the other individuals on board. There is "far less wine drunk at the table than I have ever known before under similar circumstances and there is not one boisterous associate among us." George Thompson has not been seasick. Garrison praises John Ritchie for enabling George Thompson to go home to his family. Garrison gives his itinerary and instructs William Lloyd Garrison Jr. to send certain issues of the National Anti-Slavery Standard and the Independent.
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At Sea
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cv43rz60z
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