Letter from Abby Hutchinson Patton, West Randolph, Vt., to William Lloyd Garrison, Jan[uary] 17, 1863

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Title:
Letter from Abby Hutchinson Patton, West Randolph, Vt., to William Lloyd Garrison, Jan[uary] 17, 1863
Description:
Abby Hutchinson forwards funds on behalf of her husband to William Lloyd Garrison, forwarding $3 in support of the Liberator, and $2 in support of Mrs. Garrison's subscription fund. Hutchinson states that the prevailing situation (following the Emancipation Proclamation) has changed the nature of their struggle, but that so long as the war continues, the antislavery forces have work yet to do.
Author:
Patton, Abby Hutchinson, 1829-1892
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
January 17, 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
Patton, Abby Hutchinson, 1829-1892
Garrison, Helen Eliza, 1811-1876
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 12.7 x 20.3 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/6w924x05v
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
West Randolph, Vt
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
4494847
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.32, p.5B
Barcode:
39999089663569