Letter from Simeon Smith Jocelyn, New Haven, [Connecticut], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 May 28th

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Title:
Letter from Simeon Smith Jocelyn, New Haven, [Connecticut], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1831 May 28th
Description:
Simeon S. Jocelyn writes to William Lloyd Garrison discussing the creation "of an Institution of learning to educate colored young men ... who would have by means of intelligence & science, combined with piety a power to elevate and strengthen their brethren; [and] to censore [sic] the prejudices of the whites". Jocelyn states that Arthur Tappan supports the plan and has donated $1000 for its creation, adding that a site has already been chosen "in the southern section of New Haven". He says the institution would "connect the Mechanics arts & some degree of agriculture and horticulture," as well as be "connected with many useful pursuits, and with the advantages of domestic & social life as would prepare the young men for active life and to aid their brethren in other places in all those things which make men happy and which give them as individuals [and] as communities influence in the world." He then tells Garrison that after being invited by the Rev. Peter Williams to speak to an association planning a high school for African-American youth, they decided to merge their schools, and he asks Garrison to accompany him and Arthur Tappan to present the plan "at the convention of the people of color who meet [the] week after next in Phila[delphia]." Jocelyn also reports Tappan wants to see the Liberator increase its circulation and he invites Garrison to spend the Sabbath with him in New Haven before they would leave for New York.
Author:
Jocelyn, Simeon Smith, 1799-1879
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
May 28, 1831
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
African American universities and colleges--History--19th century
African Americans--Education--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
African American universities and colleges
African Americans--Education--History
Social reformers--United States
Jocelyn, Simeon Smith, 1799-1879
Tappan, Arthur, 1786-1865
Williams, Peter, Jr., 1780?-1840
Convention of the People of Color, First Annual (1831 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 33 cm.
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Place of origin:
New Haven, [Connecticut]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "Wm Lloyd Garrison Esqr Editor of the Liberator Boston." and is postmarked with a red, circular stamp reading, "New Haven CT May 28".
Identifier:
5142682
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.1, p.23
Barcode:
39999085506051