Letter from Arnold Buffum, [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp, 1834 Nov[ember] 18

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Title:
Letter from Arnold Buffum, [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp, 1834 Nov[ember] 18
Description:
Arnold Buffum writes to William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp acknowledging his "Draft on the Treasurer of the Society for the ballance [sic] of my account rendered." Buffum discusses the outstanding bills of Liberator subscribers and his efforts to collect them, telling them he is "urging upon the man who distributes the Liberator to collect all the bills that remain unpaid immediately." In order to improve the financial situation of the Liberator, Buffum proposes that the New England Anti-Slavery Society "should make W[illia]m Lloyd Garrison its corresponding secretary and should make the Liberator its official organ and should give to its Editor a Salary of One thousand Dollars a year for his remuneration." He also proposes that Knapp should oversee the distribution of the Liberator and the sale of the paper to their agents in different cities. Buffum asks, "Would not such an arrangement universally adopted relieve the establishment of its embarrassment and enable it to go on smoothly and what objection is there to such an arrangement?"
Author:
Buffum, Arnold, 1782-1859
Addressee:
Knapp, Isaac, 1804-1843
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
November 18, 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
New-England Anti-Slavery Society
Buffum, Arnold, 1782-1859
Knapp, Isaac, 1804-1843
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10zt07t
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Place of origin:
[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "Garrison & Knapp Boston" and it is postmarked with a red, octagonal stamp reading, "Phila 18 Nov."
Identifier:
5712831
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.4, p.78
Barcode:
39999086046834