Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, Cleveland, O[hio], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]67 Dec[ember] 5

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Title:
Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, Cleveland, O[hio], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]67 Dec[ember] 5
Description:
Henry Clarke Wright writes to William Lloyd Garrison about his journey to Ohio where he will be "for three months if lungs & general health hold out." He then discusses the "state of feeling in Ohio, as to Negro Suffrage", citing the widespread opposition of Ohio Democrats, in particular. Wright also mentions their hatred for President Andrew Johnson and asks if "Congress will back down & repeal the Reconstruction Acts that gave the Ballot to the Negro?" He tells Garrison the "two coming years will be years of Destiny to unborn ages", before discussing his friends Thomas & Mary Jones with whom he spent the previous evening.
Author:
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[December 5, 1867]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
African Americans--Suffrage--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
African Americans--Suffrage
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Social reformers--United States
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 20 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xf19g
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Place of origin:
Cleveland, O[hio]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. Below the salutation the number "305" is written in pencil and in the head- spine corner of the first page, the letter "A" is also written in pencil.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5062689
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.35, p.156A
Barcode:
39999085440491