S. G. Howe autograph letter signed to [Thomas Wentworth Higginson], Boston, May [1858]

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Title:
S. G. Howe autograph letter signed to [Thomas Wentworth Higginson], Boston, May [1858]
Description:
Agrees mainly with his views. Thinks [Hugh Forbes] is probably "bungling about in the dark." Adds in a postscript that Forbes has made disclosures to [William Henry] Seward. Signed "S.G.H." Printed in F. B. Sanborn, Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, p. 260.
Author:
Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876
Addressee:
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911
Date:
[May 1858]
Format:
Manuscripts
Letters/Correspondence
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
MS E.5.1, pt. 1, p. 1-50 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
John Brown: Correspondence relating to John Brown and the raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859
Forbes, Hugh, active approximately 1848-approximately 1857
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 sheet (3 p.)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dz011522q
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated to the Boston Public Library by Thomas Wentworth Higginson in 1904.
Notes (date):
Date from item or from supporting materials.
This date is inferred.
Call #:
MS E.5.1, pt. 1, p. 22
Barcode:
39999085841300