Letter from Stephen James Wilson Tabor, Rufus Leighton, and George E.H. Clery, Washington, [District of Columbia], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1864 Oct[ober] 27

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Title:
Letter from Stephen James Wilson Tabor, Rufus Leighton, and George E.H. Clery, Washington, [District of Columbia], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1864 Oct[ober] 27
Description:
Stephen J.W. Tabor, the fourth auditor of the Treasury Department, along with George E.H. Clery and Rufus Leighton, write to William Lloyd Garrison asking him to deliver a lecture in Washingon during the winter. They write that they have been appointed by the National Freedmen's Relief Association to arrange a course of lectures to "raise money to replenish the exhausted treasury of our society" and "to offer the public an opportunity to listen to the discussion of the great themes of the day by the ablest minds." They also mention that similar requests have been made to Ralph Waldo Emerson, Wendell Phillips, Horace Greeley, Frederick Douglass, and others.
Author:
Tabor, Stephen J. W. (Stephen James Wilson), 1815-1883
Author:
Leighton, Rufus
Author:
Clery, George E. H.
Contributor:
National Freedman's Relief Association
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
October 27, 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
Antislavery movements--Lectures and lecturing--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Lectures and lecturing
Social reformers--United States
National Freedman's Relief Association
Tabor, Stephen J. W. (Stephen James Wilson), 1815-1883
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 24 cm.
Permalink:
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Place of origin:
Washington, [District of Columbia]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. Under the salutation, the number "175" is written in pencil and in the tail- spine corner of the first page, "V33,P99A" is also written in pencil.
Identifier:
5060290
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.33, p.99A
Barcode:
39999085440384