Letter from George Thompson, Burnet House, Cincinnati, Ohio, to William Lloyd Garrison, 1864 December 5

Item Information

Title:
Letter from George Thompson, Burnet House, Cincinnati, Ohio, to William Lloyd Garrison, 1864 December 5
Description:
George Thompson writes to William Lloyd Garrison updating him on his journey back to Boston. Thompson reports that "I have come 400 miles on my homeward route. I have crossed and recrossed the Mississippi, I have seen the City of St. Louis" and will now travel from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh and Baltimore. He praises the states he visited and claims that "I shall be better able to grasp the destiny of this fast-rising empire in the center of this North American continent." Thompson also relates that he visited two slave states within 48 hours and yet is "safe from harm with not so much as the smell of tar upon me."
Author:
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
December 5, 1864
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--England--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--England--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers
Social reformers--United States
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
England
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 26 x 21 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23x7838
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Burnet House, Cincinnati, Ohio
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in brown ink on white paper. Above the salutation the number "194" is written in pencil, while in the tail- spine corner, "V33,P110A" is also written in pencil. On the verso, along the head edge, "G.T. Cincinnati, Dec. 5'64" is also written in pencil.
Identifier:
4984665
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.33, p.110A
Barcode:
39999085439618