Letter from Thomas Phillips, [London, England], to William Lloyd Garrison, Sept[ember] 12, 1867

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Thomas Phillips, [London, England], to William Lloyd Garrison, Sept[ember] 12, 1867
Description:
Thomas Phillips informs William Lloyd Garrison of a change in the proposed date of the "Intitute Meeting", as suggested by John Taylor. Phillips informs Garrison that their friends in Bradford are intent on holding a Temperance meeting on the 15th. Phillips comments that President Andrew Johnson's actions concerning "removal of the Generals" and "his amnesty" of "all save a few of the leading men of the South" gives him the impression that Johnson is "sold to work evil".
Author:
Phillips, Thomas
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
September 12, 1867
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Meetings--Great Britain--History--19th century
Abolitionists--England--19th century--Correspondence
Social reformers--England--History--19th century
Temperance--Meetings--Great Britain--History--19th century
Freedmen--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Antislavery movements--Great Britain
Meetings
Abolitionists
Social reformers
Temperance
Freed persons--United States
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
National Freedmen's-Aid Union of Great Britain and Ireland
Phillips, Thomas
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
United Kingdom
England
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25.4 x 20.3 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h7405065
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[London, England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript composed upon stationary bearing the typeset letterhead of the "National Freedmen's-Aid Union of Great Britain and Ireland", with officers and offices listed in black ink.
Manuscript annotated on recto, with "248" in pencil above Phillips' salutation to Garrison.
Manuscript addressed from "No. 2, St Phillip's Terrace, Kensington".
Identifier:
4715253
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.35, p.126B
Barcode:
39999066764356