Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, Boston, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1835 Nov[ember] 26

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Title:
Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, Boston, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1835 Nov[ember] 26
Description:
Henry Clarke Wright writes to William Lloyd Garrison saying he "regret[s] exceedingly that you cannot be in this city at present." He insists that no compromise should me made "to conciliate the good will of those who are opposed to us" and that "there shall be no faultering, no not a hair-breadth, in our abolition ranks." Wright admits that he is "comparatively a stranger in the [abolition] ranks" and shares his love for George Thompson, mentioning that he was glad to meet him before "he was so murderously driven from among us." He then argues that it is their duty "to apply to men the same terms which we apply to their principles," and so he is "heartily sick of hearing people find fault with the harsh, personal language, as it is called of the abolitionists" and found in the Liberator. Wright also mentions discussions about a convention "to consider the subject of freedom of the press & of speech & the subject of Mobs &c," telling Garrison that it would convince Southerners "that we shall never yield their rights to slavery."
Author:
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
November 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
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
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Place of origin:
Boston, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "Wm L. Garrison Brooklyn, Conn."
Identifier:
5721481
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.5, p.74
Barcode:
39999086048293