Letter from John Anderson Collins, New Bedford, [Massachusetts], to William Lloy Garrison, 1840 Sept[ember] 1st

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Title:
Letter from John Anderson Collins, New Bedford, [Massachusetts], to William Lloy Garrison, 1840 Sept[ember] 1st
Description:
John Anderson Collins writes to William Lloyd Garrison asking him to include "the call for the convention at Springfield" in the Liberator. Collins tells Garrison that he should "bring this convention prominently before the readers of the Liberator. You have the power of making the convention a large one, & it is a power too which no one possesses but yourself." He then discusses the relationship between party politics and abolitionism, stating that many people "would sooner forgo their abolitionism than their [political] party ..." Collins argues that "7/10 of the voting abolitionists of the stat[e]" feel this way and "these men are worth saving." He tells Garrison political issues have "taken entire possession of them" and they are "entirely unconscious of the demoralyzing [sic] influence of their course." Collins states that "Every man who thus goes for his party is doing more injury to the cause than 50 proslavery men."
Author:
Collins, John A. (John Anderson), 1810-1879
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
September 1, 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
Presidents--United States--Elections--1840
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Presidents--United States--Election
Social reformers--United States
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Collins, John A. (John Anderson), 1810-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
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Place of origin:
New Bedford, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5844892
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.9, p.106
Barcode:
39999085839197