Letter from Jonathan P. Magill, Solebury, Bucks Co[unty], Penn[sylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 9th mo[nth] 27th [day] 1837

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Title:
Letter from Jonathan P. Magill, Solebury, Bucks Co[unty], Penn[sylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 9th mo[nth] 27th [day] 1837
Description:
Jonathan P. Magill recommends that the congregation forsake the minister who promoted the clerical appeal. He urges William Lloyd Garrison to continue in his present course. / Joseph Healy sympathizes with William L. Garrison in his troubles with the supporters of the clerical appeal. He lists the names of Liberator subscribers and sends the money he has collected from them. / Charles Calistus Burleigh requests that William L. Garrison send the Liberator to the Delaware County Republican, whose editor is beginning to favor the anti-slavery cause. Lewis C. Gunn wants to subscribe to the Liberator. James Fulton Jr. of Chester County commends Garrison's rebuke of his clerical appeal opponents. The Bucks County abolitionists are strongly opposed to the appeal.
Author:
Magill, Jonathan P.
Contributor:
Healy, Joseph, 1803-
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Contributor:
Burleigh, Charles C. (Charles Calistus), 1810-1878
Date:
September 27, 1837
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Gunn, Lewis C. (Lewis Carstairs), 1813-1892
Healy, Joseph, 1803-
Magill, Jonathan P.
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Burleigh, Charles C. (Charles Calistus), 1810-1878
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 12 3/8 x 7 5/8 in.
Permalink:
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Place of origin:
Solebury, Bucks Co[unty], Penn[sylvania]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
On pages 1-2, there is a letter by Jonathan P. Magill to William Lloyd Garrison, written on Sept. 27, 1837. On pages 2-3, there is a separate letter by Joseph Healy to William Lloyd Garrison, written on Oct. 5, 1837. And on page four, there is a letter by Charles Calistus Burleigh to William L. Garrison, Oct. 24?, 1837.
The delivery address is: Wm L[l]oyd Garrison, Boston, Mass.
Identifier:
4530650
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.6, p.71
Barcode:
39999063869398