Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1854 Dec[ember] 18

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1854 Dec[ember] 18
Description:
Gerrit Smith writes to William Lloyd Garrison enclosing $15 for his Liberator subscription (not included) and asking when he will have made full payment. He then tells Garrison that he hopes Charles C. Burleigh will "speak to us on slavery next Thursday." He also discusses the Liberty Party and the role of William Goodell, before declaring that "in the midst of the maddening influence of party politics, there is no ... good to the ballot box for testing integrity."
Author:
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
December 18, 1854
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
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Liberty Party (U.S. : 1840-1848)
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Goodell, William, 1792-1867
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Burleigh, Charles C. (Charles Calistus), 1810-1878
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 20 x 13 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23x577q
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Peterboro, [New York]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on blue paper with a small checkmark drawn in pencil in the head- spine corner. Under the salutation the number "76" is written in pencil, while in the head- fore corner, "Dec. 18, 1854" is also written in pencil. Additionally, along the tail edge of the first page, the number "174" is written in pencil. On the third page is a printed sheet, entitled "Do Not Lose Your Lands!" which explains that parcels of land "which Gerrit Smith has given away to poor and worthy white and colored men, were advertised to be sold for taxes." It advises anyone who bought these parcels from Smith to pay taxes to the state while advertising another land sale Smith is planning for "the latter part of the present year". This printed page is dated "Syracuse, March 1, 1853" and carries the names "Samuel May, Chas. A. Wheaton, [and] Abner Bates."
Identifier:
4848481
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.24, p.174
Barcode:
39999085439196