Letter from Isaac Knapp, Boston, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1835 Oct[ober] 26

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Title:
Letter from Isaac Knapp, Boston, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1835 Oct[ober] 26
Description:
Isaac Knapp writes to William Lloyd Garrison thanking God that he "is "now, comparatively, safe from the fury of a misguided and ferocious mob." Knapp states that while no more violence has occurred since Garrison left Boston, if he remained one more night "the house would have been attacked." He says that the "mobites ... know that so long as they continue their plunder and violence to the property and persons of anti-slavery men, they can act with perfect impunity." He tells Garrison that the authorities are determined to "put down anti-slavery presses and anti-slavery discussions, rather than mobs," but as this fact becomes more known, it encourages some individuals to "boldly avow their determination" to attend future abolitionist meetings. Knapp also says he has loaned the Liberator $600 that he borrowed from friends and he is searching for a new office to publish the paper. He suggests that Garrison stay in Brooklyn, Connecticut, telling him that, "Even if there were no personal danger here, the cause, I believe, will be benefitted by your rusticating a while." In the postscript, Knapp says that if Garrison agrees to have the office furniture packed he would "like to have Brother Henry or George present."
Author:
Knapp, Isaac, 1804-1843
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
October 26, 1835
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--Violence against--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States
Violence
Antislavery movements--United States
Garrison Mob, Boston, Mass., 1835
Social reformers--United States
Knapp, Isaac, 1804-1843
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 23 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z1118380
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Place of origin:
Boston, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5721411
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.5, p.64
Barcode:
39999086048251