Letter from Mary Ashton Livermore, Melrose, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Sept[ember] 18, 1877

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Title:
Letter from Mary Ashton Livermore, Melrose, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Sept[ember] 18, 1877
Description:
Mary Livermore congratulates William Lloyd Garrison on his "safe return from Europe", and states that she was informed by Maria Weston Chapman that Garrison visited Harriet Martineau's home and grave while in England. Livermore states that, at the suggestion of Maria Weston Chapman, she is preparing a lecture on Harriet Martineau to be delivered at the Lyceum the coming winter. Livermore requests that Garrison grant her an hour's interview so that she may question him on the subject of Martineau in preparation for her address.
Author:
Livermore, Mary A. (Mary Ashton), 1820-1905
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
September 18, 1877
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
Suffragists--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--England
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Suffragists
Women abolitionists
Women abolitionists--United States
Livermore, Mary A. (Mary Ashton), 1820-1905
Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
England
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900q174v
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Melrose, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
4664986
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.39, p.141A
Barcode:
39999063803058