Fragment of a letter from Parker Pillsbury, [Liverpool, England?]

Item Information

Title:
Fragment of a letter from Parker Pillsbury, [Liverpool, England?]
Description:
This fragment is in the hand of Parker Pillsbury. It gives a detailed account of the escape of a slave from New Orleans to Liverpool on board the ship, "Asterion." Pillsbury discusses the reaction of Frederick Douglass and his friends to the last letter of John Bishop Estlin.
Author:
Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898
Date:
[ca. 1832–1867]
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
Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv144p734
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Liverpool, England?
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph.
In the second paragraph, on the first page, Pillsbury writes, "here in Liverpool."
This fragment is marked page "3" at the top.
This letter was possibly written to Samuel May, Jr., with whom Pillsbury corresponded frequently during his agency in Europe on behalf of the American Anti-Slavery Society.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4529738
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.6, p.14
Barcode:
39999063860405