Letter from Jabez C. Werdman, Portland, M[ain]e, to William Lloyd Garrison, 1864 Feb[ruar]y 23

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Title:
Letter from Jabez C. Werdman, Portland, M[ain]e, to William Lloyd Garrison, 1864 Feb[ruar]y 23
Description:
Jabez C. Werdman writes to William Lloyd Garrison about the plans of George Thompson to visit and deliver a lecture in Portland. Werdman says he wishes Thompson to be his guest "and [he] shall be at the depot on the arrival of the cars to receive him." He adds that he "claim[s] an introduction in this way through you." Werdman then details how many of the people on the committtee who invited Thompson "are known here as conservatives" including one man, Rev. Horatio Stebbins, who "in a public oration, avowed that he had never been able to satisfy himself, that slavery was the cause of the war." Another example Werdman provides is Benjamin Kingsbury, Jr, who stated "that in order to suppress the rebellion, it was necessary to put down the abolitionists and secessionists." He tells Garrison that while this committee has invitied some of the "most radical men in the country to give a course of lectures," they "give the cold shoulder to every man in Maine, who is and has been opposed to slavery upon principle for the last fifteen years." Werdman says that while he has "not agreed with you as to the method" for ending slavery, he considers Garrison "the great educator of the American People on this great subject." Before ending the letter, he adds, "I know no better way to reach Mr. Thompson than this."
Author:
Werdman, Jabez C.
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
February 23, 1864
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
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Werdman, Jabez C.
Kingsbury, Benjamin, Jr., 1813-1886
Stebbins, Horatio, 1821-1902
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
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Place of origin:
Portland, M[ain]e
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Recipient inferred by cataloger based on letters contents.
Identifier:
5863433
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.33, p.15
Barcode:
39999085840369