Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to George William Benson, March 8, 1838

Item Information

Title:
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to George William Benson, March 8, 1838
Addressee:
Benson, George William, 1808-1879
Author:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
1833–March 8, 1838
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
Benson, George William, 1808-1879
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Crandall, Prudence, 1803-1890
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 9 3/4 x 8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43q008r
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Boston, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
William Lloyd Garrison admires George William Benson's prompt defence of Miss Prudence Crandall. The result of the meeting in Canterbury, Conn., is anxiously awaited. Samuel Joseph May deserves credit for the protest. William Lloyd Garrison wants to leave for England on April 1.
This letter was presumably written on the same sheet as the one to Henry Egbert Benson, see letter dated March 8, 1833, Call No. Ms.A.1.1 v.1, p.26.
Notes (citation):
Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.1, no.86.
Identifier:
3134431
Call #:
Ms.A.1.1 v.1, p.25
Barcode:
39999066777572
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