Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1840 May 6

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Title:
Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1840 May 6
Description:
Henry Clarke Wright writes to William Lloyd Garrison informing him that William Goodell is "in a most rabid state - perfectly New Organized. He appeared a changed man." Goodell, along with Elizur Wright and Joshua Leavitt, and others, "lay all the opposition to the political party scheme to Non-Resistance," Wright observes. He also tells Garrison that John Greeleaf Whittier is trying to discredit the New Organizationists. Wright then reports that Thomas Earle told him he would "not accept nomination unless they would form a democratic party ... He will not go with any party that will not go for universal suffrage, poverty & crime constitute no forfeiture of suffrage in his opinion." Wright also discusses the upcoming meeting in New York and predicts that "the first thing to come before that meeting will be the woman question - if possible women will be excluded." He also mentions the "dissatisfaction" with the sale of the Emancipator, believing that it was "done solely to get it into Leavitt's hands that he may control it as he pleases."
Author:
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
May 6, 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
Antislavery movements--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Nonviolence--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Meetings
Nonviolence
Social reformers--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Massachusetts Abolition Society
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Leavitt, Joshua, 1794-1873
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
Goodell, William, 1792-1878
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Earle, Thomas, 1796-1849
Emancipator (New York, N.Y. : 1835)
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 29 cm.
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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 "Wm Lloyd Garrison 25 Cornhill Boston Mass."
Identifier:
5870758
Call #:
MS v.A.1.2 v.9, p.40
Barcode:
39999085840773