Letter from John Sweat Rock, [Boston, Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, [1858]

Item Information

Title:
Letter from John Sweat Rock, [Boston, Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, [1858]
Description:
John S. Rock writes to William Lloyd Garrison as he is about to leave for England and says "Mr. [Wendell] Phillips who has just told me to ask you to give me a letter to Mrs. Stowe (I will call up to A____ and see her)." Rock describes how he "failed to get a passport or anything from the government" and so is "compelled to go by way of England."
Author:
Rock, John S. (John Sweat), 1825-1866
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[1858]
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
Rock, John S. (John Sweat), 1825-1866
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 22 x 24 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23x223s
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[Boston, Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Legacy catalog card identifies the place of publication of this manuscript as "Boston."
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on blue paper. Above the salutation, the number "3" is written in pencil, while along the fore edge, "1854(?" is also written in pencil. Under the signature, "(A colored lawyer)" has been added in pencil. Opposite the first page of the letter, Rock has addressed the letter to "Wm Lloyd Garrison Esq," which is written upside-down, and below this information there is a large brown spot.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4746973
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.24, p.1
Barcode:
39999085504452