Letter from Louis O. Cowan, Augusta, [Maine], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1834 June 21

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Title:
Letter from Louis O. Cowan, Augusta, [Maine], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1834 June 21
Description:
Louis O. Cowan writes to William Lloyd Garrison sending him five dollars to pay for his Liberator subscription and for copies of Garrison's "Thoughts on African Colonization." Cowan celebrates "the unexampled success which has attended our cause for a year past" and calls their successes "a bright harbinger of the ultimate accomplishment of the end which abolitionists have in prospect for the elevation of their colored countrymen." He then comments on the published address of Amos Augustus Phelps, saying "there is no escape from the arguments of Mr. Phelps, he maintains every position he takes with a strength which cannot be shaken." Cowan laments that people in Augusta are "not aroused to the importance" of ending slavery and states that "A death like torpor seems to pervade the minds of most people here upon this question." He suggests that having "a powerful and interesting lecturer come among us ... would have a good effect" and encourage people to think about slavery. Cowan also comments on the arrival of George Thompson in the country, saying that while many people "will raise the cry of foreigners interfering in our domestic concerns" he believes that philanthropy is not "confined by the boundaries of countries." In the postscript, he adds that the letter "is not inteneded for insertion in the Liberator."
Author:
Cowan, Louis O., 1812-1863
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
June 21, 1834
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
Cowan, Louis O., 1812-1863
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 23 cm.
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Place of origin:
Augusta, [Maine]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "Mr. William Lloyd Garrison Editor of the Liberator Boston. Mass, By the politeness of Jno. Potter."
Identifier:
5711818
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.4, p.46
Barcode:
39999086046693