Letter from Robert Purvis, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]53 Sept[ember] 12th

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Robert Purvis, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]53 Sept[ember] 12th
Description:
Robert Purvis writes to William Lloyd Garrison concerning "outrageous statements" a "Mr. Douglass in England" made about Purvis. Purvis rejects the claims about his "blood stained riches" and asks Garrison to refute these statements either in the Liberator "or in any way you may deem best a denial of his lying statements."
Author:
Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[September 12, 1853]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
African American abolitionists--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
African American abolitionists
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 25 x 20 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23wx021
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed on pale blue paper with two vertical folds and one horizontal fold. Above the salutation there is a small checkmark or letter "v" written in pencil, while under the salutation, the number "185" is also written in pencil.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4724522
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.23, p.65
Barcode:
39999085501243