Letter from Harriet Minot Pitman, Prov[idence], [R.I.], to William Lloyd Garrison, May 4, 1867

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Title:
Letter from Harriet Minot Pitman, Prov[idence], [R.I.], to William Lloyd Garrison, May 4, 1867
Description:
Harriet Minot Pitman writes William Lloyd Garrison expressing her desire to see Garrison prior to his departure for England. Pitman reminisces about Garrison's first such voyage, taken when the abolitionist cause was only "in its infancy", and contrasts the public reception which Garrison received upon his first tour of England to that which he will now receive. Pitman expresses her satisfactio nthat Garrison was able to visit John Greenleaf Whittier the previous week.
Author:
Pitman, Harriet Minot, 1815-1888
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
May 4, 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
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Pitman, Harriet Minot, 1815-1888
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 22.8 x 18 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/6w9257439
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Prov[idence], [R.I.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Stationary is headed by an embossed "P".
Identifier:
4513815
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.35, p.23A
Barcode:
39999066765197