Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, 28 Nov[ember], 1857

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Title:
Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, 28 Nov[ember], 1857
Description:
Oliver Johnson informs William Lloyd Garrison that he received, on Thanksgiving Day, a letter from W.I. Bowditch informing him of his dismissal from the editorialship of the "Standard" by the Executive Committee. Johnson expresses his complete shock at this decision, and states that the rational he was given was the "commercial panic and the consequent poverty of the Society". Johnson states that he would not have left his position in Philadelphia editing the "Freeman" had he ever dreamed that he would be dismissed from the "Standard" in such fashion.
Author:
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
November 28, 1857
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
Depressions--1857--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Depressions
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
Bowditch, William I. (William Ingersoll), 1819-1909
American Anti-Slavery Society. Executive Committee
Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Gay, Sydney Howard, 1814-1888
National anti-slavery standard
Extent:
1 leaf (10 p.) ; 13.1 x 19.7 cm.
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Place of origin:
New York, [N.Y.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Addressed from "Anti-Slavery Office".
Identifier:
4494014
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.27, p.70A
Barcode:
39999089663213