Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]64 July 4

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Title:
Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]64 July 4
Description:
Henry Clarke Wright writes to William Lloyd Garrison, sharing his wish "to see & talk with" him and describing his "fighting the battle of Ideas (the only weapons I can use) to destroy Slavery & save the Republic". He says he is leaving a line with Yerrington stating "our National progress toward the one great object of our lives for thirty years" and asks Garrison to publish it in the Liberator as it would "greatly encourage the hearts & strengthen the hands of the true & loyal friends of freedom & free institutions." Wright compares the American Civil War to a "National Death Struggle" and declares, "Let us help the Republic each one in his own way - to slay its tremendous foe - slavery".
Author:
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[July 4, 1864]
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
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 20 cm.
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
[Place of publication not identified]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5120904
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.33, p.66A
Barcode:
39999085430872