Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]62 March 26

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]62 March 26
Description:
Gerrit Smith writes to William Lloyd Garrison passing along a letter (not included) that Smith says he should have. He lists the points he replied to [Theodore Dwight] Weld (in response to Weld's letter to Smith, dated March 12, 1862) and traces a conversation from twenty years ago to A.A. Phelps who passed the information to H.B. Stanton and then to Weld.
Author:
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[March 26, 1862]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Stanton, Henry B. (Henry Brewster), 1805-1887
Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Foster, Stephen S. (Stephen Symonds), 1809-1881
Extent:
1 vol. (3 p.) ; 21 x 13 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23x618r
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Peterboro, [New York]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. Along the spine edge of the first page, next to the salutation, the number "32" is written in pencil. On the fifth page of the letter, the number "33" is written in pencil along the spine edge, under the fourth line on the page.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4864661
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.31, p.106B
Barcode:
39999085439287