Letter from Eliza Wigham, Edin[burgh, Scotland], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]65 [February 18]

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Title:
Letter from Eliza Wigham, Edin[burgh, Scotland], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]65 [February 18]
Description:
Eliza Wigham writes to William Lloyd Garrison "to congratulate thee on the glorious news brought by last mail ... the whole nation rejoicing in the abolition of slavery!" She adds that "the same Liberator which gave us such good tidings should also contain the sorrowful proceedings of the Mass. A.S. annual meetings." Wigham remarks that "the little paragraph respecting Stephen Foster was not like the Christian spirit we should expect to see in there - it was not necessary to adopt such a tone". She then shares her plan to write George Thompson and thank him for the "note of appreciation of my beloved father."
Author:
Wigham, Eliza
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[February 18, 1865]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--Great Britain--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Scotland--History--19th century
Women social reformers--Scotland--History--19th century
Abolitionists
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Women abolitionists
Women social reformers
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
Wigham, Eliza
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Places:
Scotland
United Kingdom
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 19 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xr13p
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Edin[burgh, Scotland]
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 "39" is written in pencil and in the tail- spine corner of the first page, "V34,P26A" is also written in pencil. Along the tail edge of the adjacent page, the remnant of a red seal is visible near a note that reads, "Fowarded by S.M. Jr. - March 9, 1865."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5096806
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.34, p.26A
Barcode:
39999085425815