Letter from Arnold Buffum, Boston, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1832 [October] 10

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Title:
Letter from Arnold Buffum, Boston, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1832 [October] 10
Description:
Arnold Buffum writes to William Lloyd Garrison, telling him of discussions held "relative to sending an Agent to England to collect subscriptions for our proposed school for colored youth" and the decision that it would be best for Garrison to "go immediately to England for that purpose." Buffum details how he has "contacted several of the most wealthy men in Providence" to help fund the trip and he tells Garrison to return to Boston to prepare to sail from New York on the first of November. He also says that "A Colored man now here from Petersburg, Virginia" has $200 he wishes to contribute "for the benefit of the colored people" that he might give to them, since new laws prohibiting the meeting of African-Americans closed his missionary society. Buffum asks Garrison to write him immediately with his decision, and, in the postscript, he asserts that "Garrison in England will do the cause more good in 3 months than 12 in America."
Author:
Buffum, Arnold, 1782-1859
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[October 10, 1832]
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
New-England Anti-Slavery Society
Buffum, Arnold, 1782-1859
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 29 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10zh42j
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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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 "[William] Lloyd Garrison [care of N]athan Winslow Portland Maine." The last page is torn and missing the bottom half of the page.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5147736
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.2, p.35
Barcode:
39999086045273