Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Anna Elizabeth Benson, May 20, 1834

Title:: Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Anna Elizabeth Benson, May 20, 1834
Addressee:: Benson, Anna Elizabeth, 1801-1843
Author:: Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:: May 20, 1834
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, Anna Elizabeth, 1801-1843
Garrison, Helen Eliza, 1811-1876
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Stuart, Charles, 1783?-1865
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:: 1 leaf (4 p.) ; 9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43q080g
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Place of origin:: Boston, [Mass.]
Language:: English
Notes:: Holograph, signed.
William Lloyd Garrison highly praises the letter he received from Anna E. Benson. He notes Anna's "diffidence of mind" that has awed her into silence. He meditates on friendship, death, and heaven. Samuel Joseph May brings Garrison a letter from Helen Eliza (Benson) Garrison. Captain [Charles?] Stuart is to be cordially received in Brooklyn.
Notes (citation):: Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.1, no.150.
Identifier:: 2816654
Call #:: Ms.A.1.1 v.1, p.40
Barcode:: 39999066777754
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