Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]64 August 17

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]64 August 17
Description:
In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Gerrit Smith shares his happiness that Garrison and his daughter, Fanny, are coming to visit him and regrets that Garrison's wife cannot make the trip "whilst we are very happy to hear that she is 'much better'". Smith also discusses the upcoming marriages Garrison's two eldest sons, William Lloyd Garrison, Jr., and Wendell Phillips Garrison, to his friends' daughters.
Author:
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[August 17, 1864]
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
Garrison, Wendell Phillips, 1840-1907
Garrison, William Lloyd, Jr., 1838-1909
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 21 x 26 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23x763s
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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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, lined paper. Under the salutation, along the spine edge, the number "134" is written in pencil.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4978557
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.33, p.79
Barcode:
39999085439576