Letter from William Smeal, Glasgow, [Scotland], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1840 [July] 29th

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Title:
Letter from William Smeal, Glasgow, [Scotland], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1840 [July] 29th
Description:
William Smeal writes to William Lloyd Garrison sending him the "printed Receipts for the passage moeny of thyself & our friend [Nathaniel Peabody] Rogers" adding that he hopes they "have no extra trouble in the matter." Smeal states that he left John Murray and Charles Lenox Remond at Bowling and he "learn'd this morning that E[lon] Galusha and C[yrus] P[itt] Grosvenor arrived in the [Firth of] Clyde soon after we parted!" He reports that Galusha and Grosvenor, along with Nathaniel Colver and James Gillespie Birney, met John Scoble and they all went to the Birmingham Anti-Slavery Society Anniversary meeting. Smeal also says that James and Lucretia Mott must be near Glasgow as "the letters pour in for them." William Knibb will not be able to lecture, Smeal says, remarking that this is "a great pity, we could have made his presence of essential service to our Cause at this juncture." He then promises to send the details of an anti-slavery meeting to be held in a few days when he has them. In the postscript, Smeal asks Garrison to "remember me kindly to the Webbs, Allens &c."
Author:
Smeal, William, 1793-1877
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[July 29, 1840]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--Scotland--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Great Britain
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Birmingham Anti-Slavery Society
Smeal, William, 1793-1877
Colver, Nathaniel, 1794-1870
Galusha, Elon, 1790-1856
Grosvenor, Cyrus Pitt, 1792-1879
Knibb, William, 1803-1845
Mott, James, 1788-1868
Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
Murray, John, d. 1849
Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Scoble, John, 1799-1877
Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Rogers, Nathaniel Peabody, 1794-1846
Places:
Scotland
United Kingdom
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 24 cm.
Permalink:
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Place of origin:
Glasgow, [Scotland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "Richard Webb Dublin for W.L. Garrison" and it is postmarked with a red square stamp reading, "3M JY31 40."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5841780
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.9, p.84
Barcode:
39999085839148