Letter from Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, Phila[delphia, Pennsylvania], 1862 April 5th

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, Phila[delphia, Pennsylvania], 1862 April 5th
Description:
Anna E. Dickinson writes to unknown stating that she has just recovered from "suffering exceedingly from the effects of croup" and can now respond to her letters. She says that "tho' Mr. Garrison evidently thinks he wrote when I should leave home, he undoubtedly did not" as she plans to leave New York for Boston on Tuesday. Dickinson details that she "can speak for your three or four times a week, unless it be just before coming to Music Hall" as she would like "one or two days quiet previous to that."
Author:
Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth), 1842-1932
Date:
April 5, 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
Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Women social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Women social reformers--United States
Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth), 1842-1932
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 18 x 23 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23x6255
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Phila[delphia, Pennsylvania]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Legacy catalog card identifies the recipient of this manuscript as "?" but it is probable it is for William Lloyd Garrison.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white, lined paper with a faint, embossed logo of a crest in the head- spine corner of each page. Above the salutation the number "39" is written in pencil, while on the adjacent page, "Anna E. Dickinson, Phila., Feb. 5, 1862" is also written in pencil.
Identifier:
4864671
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.31, p.110A
Barcode:
39999085439295