Letter from Elizur Wright, New York, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1837 Oct[ober] 10

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Title:
Letter from Elizur Wright, New York, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1837 Oct[ober] 10
Description:
Elizur Wright, Jr. writes to William Lloyd Garrison asking for "a pledge to use your pen in the Quarterly" and telling him to respond "by mail - a monosyllable of three letters will do." He promises it will not interfere with the Liberator and quotes lines from Samuel Tyler Coleridge's poem "Forbearance." He then discusses the newspaper, the Emancipator, and some articles appearing in recent isses of the Liberator, like "Boston Controversy" (Liberator of October 6, 1837; Vol. VII, no. 41) telling Garrison, "If we are to turn our guns inward we must have reasons." He criticises the leading editorial in the last issue of the Liberator for showing "sectarian spite" and threatens to "back out of" the antislavery movement if it separates into "sects." He tells Garrison he hopes that he "will shake off the delusion and will nobly refuse to build an antislavery sect in the ruins of the theological." While he understands Garrison identifies himself with the slave, he warns that "I know you do not seem so to the lookers on - especially to those who know little of your history." In the postscript, he shares his disappointment in not seeing Garrison at the Worcester meeting and says he hopes to see him "face to face" soon.
Author:
Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
October 10, 1837
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
Antislavery movements--Newspapers--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
American Anti-Slavery Society
Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Emancipator (New York, N.Y. : 1835)
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 26 cm.
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Place of origin:
New York, [New York]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Elizur Wright's letter to Garrison begins after the end of the printed circular which describes enlarging the "Quarterly Anti-Slavery Magazine," a magazine published by the American Anti-Slavery Society, to "two volumes of 500 pages per annum." The letter continues through pages 2 and 3 before ending on the bottom of page 4. The postscript is written at the top of page 1.
On page 4, the letter is addressed to "William Lloyd Garrison Esq 25 Cornhill Boston Ms." and is postmarked with a red circular stamp reading "New York Oct 10".
Identifier:
5123998
Call #:
MS a.1.2 v.6, p.73
Barcode:
39999085431292