Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Oliver Johnson, March 18, 1862

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Title:
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Oliver Johnson, March 18, 1862
Addressee:
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
Author:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
March 18, 1862
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 8 1/8 x 5 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43rn61c
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Boston, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
William Lloyd Garrison advises Oliver Johnson not to print in this week's National Anti-Slavery Standard the speech Wendell Phillips gave in Washington, as reported by the Tribune. He doesn't know the veracity of the Tribune's report and whether revisions were made to the speech. Garrison comments about President Lincoln: "I am afraid the President's message will prove 'a decoy duck' or 'a red herring,' so as to postpone that decisive action by Congress which we are so desirous of seeing. ..."
Identifier:
3134904
Call #:
Ms.A.1.1 v.6, p.29
Barcode:
39999066749688
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