Letter from John Robert Graham Pitkin, Wash[ingto]n, [D.C.], to William Lloyd Garrison, M[ar]ch 14 [18]77

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Title:
Letter from John Robert Graham Pitkin, Wash[ingto]n, [D.C.], to William Lloyd Garrison, M[ar]ch 14 [18]77
Description:
John Robert Graham Pitkin forwards to William Lloyd Garrison "three briefs in the La. case", one of which is his own work, which he desires that Garrison should know of, stating that the "peril" facing freedmen in Louisiana is "most grave". Pitkin urges Garrison to "let [Garrison's] voice be heard" on behalf of the freedmen, stating that "[o]ne hundred thousand black voters await words of courage" from such figures as Garrison.
Author:
Pitkin, John R. G. (John Robert Graham), 1841-1901
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[March 14, 1877]
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
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
African Americans--Suffrage--History--19th century
African Americans--Violence against--History--19th century
Equality before the law--United States--History--19th century
Freedmen--United States--History--19th century
Southern States--Race relations--History--1865-1877
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
African Americans--Civil rights--History--19th century
African Americans--Suffrage
African Americans
Violence
Equality before the law--United States
Freed persons--United States
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Southern States--Race relations--History--19th century
Pitkin, John R. G. (John Robert Graham), 1841-1901
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Woman's journal (Boston, Mass. : 1870)
Places:
Southern United States (area)
Extent:
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 12.5 x 19.8 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900px717
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Wash[ingto]n, [D.C.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript addressed to "Wm Lloyd Garrison. Esq. Boston. Mass."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4664857
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.39, p.14B
Barcode:
39999063806135