Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Liverpool, [England], to Edmund Quincy, August 1, 1846
Description:
William Lloyd Garrison recounts to Edmund Quincy the tedium of his trans-Atlantic voyage by ship, and his arrival in Liverpool during an official visit by Prince Albert (whom Garrison dismisses while noting that Queen Victoria is idolized by the public.) William Lloyd Garrison states that he was met at the docks by Henry C. Wright and Richard Davis Webb. Continuing his letter upon arrival in London on August 4th, Garrison recounts how he is met at the depot by George Thompson, whom Garrison hopes will return to the United States with him. Garrison states that he will be in attendence at the World's Temperance Convention, and promises to send an account of its proceedings to Quincy.
Holograph, signed.
The delivery address is: Edmund Quincy, 25 Cornhill, Boston, United States. With the notation: "(Per steamer.)"
On page three, William Lloyd Garrison continues writing this letter on August 4, 1846, in London.