Letter from George Thompson, Manchester, [England], 1839 Sep[tember] 17

Item Information

Title:
Letter from George Thompson, Manchester, [England], 1839 Sep[tember] 17
Description:
George Thompson writes to unknown in regards to sending a few lines to [William Lloyd] Garrison and two or three publications respecting the new British India which he says will help the American abolition cause. He reads the "Liberator" and asks the recipient to continue to send it to him.
Author:
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Date:
September 17, 1839
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--England--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--Great Britain--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Newspapers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Publishing--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Great Britain--Foreign relations--India--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements--Great Britain
Antislavery movements--United States
Publishers and publishing
Great Britain--Foreign relations--19th century
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Places:
United Kingdom
England
India
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 20 cm. + 2 portraits (24 x 16 cm.) and (17 x 11 cm.)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z111786f
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Manchester, [England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript contains two portraits of George Thompson. One was published by John P. Jewett & Co. in Boston and the other one was engraved after he died in 1878 and says, "The late George Thompson."
Identifier:
5149367
Call #:
MS Ch.G.10.32
Barcode:
39999086049952