Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Helen Eliza Garrison, June 1, 1836

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Place of origin:
Boston, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Joseph Tillson will fill Henry E. Benson's place until he recovers. William Lloyd Garrison will stay in Brooklyn until the heat of the summer is over. He expects Mary S. Parker to accommodate him and his family in the fall. George Thompson's new son is named William Lloyd Garrison Thompson. A meetinghouse in Newburyport closed against the county anti-slavery society, so the meeting was held in a garden instead. Charles Calista Burleigh reported that the proceedings at the meeting were spirited. He gives the the names of the speakers. Garrison will bring with him a copy of The Young Mother, just published by Dr. William A. Alcott. A volume of hymns selected by Mrs. Maria Weston Chapman will be published by Isaac Knapp.
Notes (citation):
Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.2, no.32.
Identifier:
2816938
Call #:
Ms.A.1.1 v.2, p.22
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