Letter from John Anderson Collins, 33 Duke St[reet], Glasgow, [Scotland], to William Lloyd Garrison, May 2, 1841

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Title:
Letter from John Anderson Collins, 33 Duke St[reet], Glasgow, [Scotland], to William Lloyd Garrison, May 2, 1841
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Author:
Collins, John A. (John Anderson), 1810-1879
Date:
May 2, 1841
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
Women's rights
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Glasgow Emancipation Society (Glasgow, Scotland)
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Collins, John A. (John Anderson), 1810-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 16 1/4 x 10 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv143d098
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
33 Duke St[reet], Glasgow, [Scotland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph.
Oversized manuscript.
John Anderson Collins begins this letter by acknowledging his long absence and the reasons why he is not on his way to America: "...Yet I am confident that if you all could see the precise positions in which I am placed, and all the circumstances connected with our cause in this country, you would unanimously say 'stay another month. ...'"
The letter by John Anderson Collins was written on the verso and margins of a printed circular. The circular consists of letters written in January through February 1841 by the Glasgow abolitionists John Murray, H. Heugh, William Kidston, Joseph Sturge, William Smeal, and Ralph Wardlaw about a variety of issues and controversies, including John Anderson Collins, the American abolitionists, the American Anti-Slavery Society, and the "woman question," etc.
Identifier:
4529972
Call #:
Ms.v.A.1.2 v.12.1, p.8
Barcode:
39999066769785