Copy of a letter from Thomas Wentworth Higginson, to Charles Allen, [1869?]

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Title:
Copy of a letter from Thomas Wentworth Higginson, to Charles Allen, [1869?]
Description:
This is a copy of a letter dated from Newport, Rhode Island on Feb. 23, 1869 from Thomas Wentworth Higginson to Charles Allen. Higginson does not want the Attorney General to remove any of the trustees of the Jackson bequest. He says it would not be becoming to the dignity of a philanthropic organization, would alienate the friends of the removed trustees, and it would not be just where the trustees "are evidently not acting factiously." Higginson says that according to the terms of the Jackson bequest, organizations seeking to enfranchise the African American have equal rights with those seeking to educate him.
Author:
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911
Addressee:
Allen, Charles, 1827-1913
Date:
[1869?]
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
Allen, Charles, 1827-1913
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911
Jackson, Francis, 1789-1861
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 7 3/4 x 10 in. + 1 envelope
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv1454926
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
S.l.
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
May's writing on the envelope reads, "Papers in the case 'Att. Gen'l, by information, vs. W. L. Garrison, et al.' Trustees of F. Jackson, 1869."
This copied letter is in an unknown hand.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4531370
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.10, p.72
Barcode:
39999063863524