Letter from Thomas Vickers, Zurich. [Switzerland], to William Lloyd Garrison

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Title:
Letter from Thomas Vickers, Zurich. [Switzerland], to William Lloyd Garrison
Description:
Thomas Vickers addresses William Lloyd Garrison inquiring if the reports he has been party to indicating an upcoming voyage to England by Garrison have any truth to them. Vickers offers instructions to Garrison as concerns the transmission of the funds he encloses in remittance to Garrison. Vickers states his certainty that Garrison's soul is "full of rejoicing" at the defeat of the Confederacy and the "annihilation" of slavery in the United States, and marvels at "so complex a victory in a cause of such magnitude and where the obstacles were so great". Vickers states that the sorrow he feels upon the death of President Abraham Lincoln has "no adequate expression".
Author:
Vickers, Thomas, 1835-1917
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
May 23, 1865
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
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Vickers, Thomas, 1835-1917
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 13.8 x 21.4 cm. + 1 envelope (14 x 8 cm.)
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Zurich, [Switzerland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript is accompanied by a stamped envelope, postmarked from Syracuse, N.Y. on May 25, and addressed on the recto to "Mr Wm Lloyd Garrison Boston Masstts".
Identifier:
4698928
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.34, p.54A
Barcode:
39999066759299