Letter from Parker Pillsbury, to William Lloyd Garrison, Feb[ruary] 5 [1845]
Description:
Parker Pillsbury forwards to William Lloyd Garrison the "Prospectus" calling for the "re-establishment" of the "Herald of Freedom", and ironically inquires if Garrison finds the appropriation of the title of his old newspaper to be "modest". Pillsbury relates that he is consumed by work, and that he has "no time to write".
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript is composed upon the verso of a circular regarding the re-establishment of the "Herald of Freedom" under the editorial direction of Nathaniel Peabody Rogers, and the accompanying call for subscribers.
Manuscript annotated on recto of circular, with "121" in pencil along top-left margin of page.
Manuscript addressed to "William Lloyd Garrison / Boston / Mass".