Letter from Robert Purvis, Washington, D.C., to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]79 March 4

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Robert Purvis, Washington, D.C., to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]79 March 4
Description:
Robert Purvis writes to William Lloyd Garrison to praise him for his recent reply to Senator Blaine "on the Chinese question." Purvis writes that "our scattered Anti-Slavery forces should be gathered" under Garrison's leadership and confront the "the 'bloody shrit' of the South, and the merciless persecution of the Chinese."
Author:
Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[March 4, 1879]
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
Chinese Americans--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
African American abolitionists
Chinese Americans--History
Social reformers--United States
Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 21 x 26 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23wx08p
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Washington, D.C.
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed on lined paper with a vertical fold running down the center of the leaf. The number "37" is written in pencil just above the first line of the body of the letter.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4724555
Call #:
MS A.1.2. v.40, p.83A
Barcode:
39999085501268