Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, Boonton, N[ew] J[ersey], to Helen Eliza Garrison and William Lloyd Garrison, [18]54 Jan[uary] 19

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, Boonton, N[ew] J[ersey], to Helen Eliza Garrison and William Lloyd Garrison, [18]54 Jan[uary] 19
Description:
Henry Clarke Wright writes to William Lloyd & Helen Garrison discussing his planned arrival in Boston the following week. He says that he has "no where to take my things but to your own home which has so long been the center of my life." Wright asks if he can leave his trunk at their home while he tours New England, calling their house "the Hotel of A[nti] Slavery Mankind." He also declares his gratitutde for the Garrisons, telling them their "love & kindness to me have been the joy & life of my life."
Author:
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Addressee:
Garrison, Helen Eliza, 1811-1876
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[January 19, 1854]
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
Garrison, Helen Eliza, 1811-1876
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 21 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10z378f
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Boonton, N[ew] J[ersey]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5119864
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.28, p.10
Barcode:
39999085430070