Letter from John Greenleaf Whittier, Amesbury [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, [February] 24, [1865]

Item Information

Title:
Letter from John Greenleaf Whittier, Amesbury [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, [February] 24, [1865]
Description:
John Greenleaf Whittier writes to Garrison that their friend B. [Evares?] would like him (Garrison) to deliver a lecture. On the back page, an anonymous writer (possibly Garrison) wrote in pencil an itinerary and schedule, which includes a lecture in Amesbury (where Whittier's letter was written) about "the Guilt and Redemption of the Country."
Author:
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[February 24, 1865]
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
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 18 x 23 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/6w925n25v
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Place of origin:
Amesbury [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
The writer signed as “J.G. W.” Somebody completed Whittier’s last name in pencil.
The year “1865” was written in pencil below Whittier’s transcription of the date on which the letter was written.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4513547
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.34, p.27B
Barcode:
39999063863573