Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, Boston, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1836 April 6

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Title:
Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, Boston, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1836 April 6
Description:
Henry C. Wright writes to William Lloyd Garrison reporting that at the last meeting of the Board [of Managers of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] they requested Wright ask Garrison if he could "reside in Boston or vicinity." Wright argues that working on the the Liberator is one reason Garrison should live in Boston, claiming that "the Liberator - your eldest child - is suffering, as all children do, by their father's absence." Wright discusses Garrison's importance to the antislavery movement and shares his belief that "this Federal Compact [the Constitution] must be altered [to end slavery] or the Union dissolved". He then asks Garrison if he has read a number of book reviews, suggesting one for the "Refuge of Oppression" column in the Liberator.
Author:
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
April 6, 1836
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
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10z161v
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Boston, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "Wm L Garrison Brookline Conn."
Identifier:
5114733
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.6, p.16
Barcode:
39999085429759