Letter from Silas Hawley, Groton, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1840 Jan[uary] 21st

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Title:
Letter from Silas Hawley, Groton, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1840 Jan[uary] 21st
Description:
Silas Hawley writes to William Lloyd Garrison with regret that he will not be able to attend an antislavery meeting. He tries to encourage Garrison in his conflict with the Massachusetts Abolition Society, comparing the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society to "a gallant ship ... [with] good officers - good crew. She is storm-proof, She has outrode the Colonization storm, the American Union storm, and the Clerical Appeal storm, and she will stand the present and the last, without loss." Hawley says he can best serve the cause by continuing to lecture and offers his services to the Society. He passes to Garrison "best respects" from "Smith," who also says the American Anti-Slavery Society "will go stronger next Spring for the women, than they did the last." Hawley then mentions the leaders of Massachusetts Abolition Society telling Garrison, "Smith says [Charles Turner] Torrey is a week fellow - and [Alanson] St. Clair a saucy brawler, and that [Amos Augustus] Phelps has fallen & [Elizur] Wright [is] out of his place."
Author:
Hawley, Silas, 1815-1883
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
January 21, 1840
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
American Anti-Slavery Society
Massachusetts Abolition Society
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
Hawley, Silas, 1815-1883
Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847
St. Clair, Alanson
Torrey, Charles T. (Charles Turner), 1813-1846
Wright, Elizur, 1804-1885
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 25 cm.
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Place of origin:
Groton, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "Wm. Lloyd Garrison. Boston."
Identifier:
5828146
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.9, p.7
Barcode:
39999085838926