Letter from "A British Subject," Boston, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Dec. 15th, 1859

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Title:
Letter from "A British Subject," Boston, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Dec. 15th, 1859
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
December 15, 1859
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
Secession
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Brown, John, 1800-1859
O'Brien, William Smith, 1803-1864
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/6h441p642
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Boston, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed "A British Subject."
The anonymous author of this manuscript has copied extracts of two articles from the Saint John (N.B.) Courier of Dec. 10, regarding John Brown and foretelling of the "mutterings of the approaching storm" of war. John Brown is compared to the martyr Smith O'Brien. The anonymous author writes: "I say, in conclusion, in the name of God let the South secede from the Union; the time is not far distant, ..."
Identifier:
4534417
Call #:
Ms.A.1.2 v.29, p.143
Barcode:
39999066773076