Letter from Laura Giddings Julian, Centreville, Wayne Co[unty], Ind[iana], to Francis Jackson Garrison, 1872 Feb[ruary] 12th

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Title:
Letter from Laura Giddings Julian, Centreville, Wayne Co[unty], Ind[iana], to Francis Jackson Garrison, 1872 Feb[ruary] 12th
Description:
Laura Giddings Julian writes to Francis Jackson Garrison after reading his letters to her deceased sister, Maria Giddings, and questions him about a headstone Maria had told him about. She asks Garrison to describe the "style of the headstone whether marble or granite, the inscription, and probable cost?" Giddings also asks if "Mr. Carew", the man who prepared the monument to her father, "left a son or sons to succeed him in the marble business" as she "should be glad to have them do the work on this smaller monument."
Author:
Julian, Laura Giddings, 1839-1884
Addressee:
Garrison, Francis Jackson, 1848-1916
Date:
February 12, 1872
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Garrison, Francis Jackson, 1848-1916
Julian, Laura Giddings, 1839-1884
Giddings, Lura Maria, 1825-1871
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 19 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xf87m
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Place of origin:
Centreville, Wayne Co[unty], Ind[iana]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in purple ink on white, gridded paper. In the head- spine corner of the first page "To F.J. Garrison." is written and underlined in pencil, while under the salutation the number "13" is also written in pencil. In the head- fore corner of the adjacent page, "MS. A.1.2.37 p.27" is also written in pencil. Under the signature, "Daughter of Joshua R. Giddings." has been added in pencil. The final page of the letter is written vertically, facing the fore edge of the page.
Identifier:
5062879
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.37, p.27A
Barcode:
39999085440616