Letter from George Washington Julian, Centreville, Ind., to William Lloyd Garrison, Charles Calistus Burleigh, and Wendell Phillips, Nov[ember] 27, 1863

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Title:
Letter from George Washington Julian, Centreville, Ind., to William Lloyd Garrison, Charles Calistus Burleigh, and Wendell Phillips, Nov[ember] 27, 1863
Description:
Writing to William Lloyd Garrison, Charles C. Burleigh, and Wendell Phillips, George Washington Julian sends his regrets that he will be unable to join them at the Commemorative Meeting in Philadelphia on December 3rd-4th, stating that his present engagements will not permit him to attend. Julian exclaims that his prediction some years past of the anti-slavery cause becoming a "powerful and dominant movement among the great forces that are shacking the world" has come to fruition, and that the Republic is presently engaged in a "baptism of fire and blood which it has been compelled to accept." Julian notes, with some irony, that were it not for the Confederate revolt and secession, the Slave Power faction would have remained entrenched in Congress, and that it was only in its absence that major legislation, including the Pacific Railroad Bill, the Homestead Bill, the abolition of polygamy in Utah, and the emancipation of the slaves, was able to be ratified and passed.
Author:
Julian, George W. (George Washington), 1817-1899
Addressee:
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Addressee:
Burleigh, Charles C. (Charles Calistus), 1810-1878
Date:
November 27, 1863
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
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Julian, George W. (George Washington), 1817-1899
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (7 p.) ; 20.1 x 24.9 cm.
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Place of origin:
Centreville, Ind.
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
4664700
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.32, p.84B
Barcode:
39999066766005