Powell, William P

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed on the back of a printed business letter. The handwritten, manuscript side has the number "90" written in pencil in the head- and spine-edge of the page. On the typeset side of the letter, William P. Powell lists his credentials as a "physician, surgeon, and accoucheur," and provides all of the details of his practice, including the location of his office and the office hours.William P. Powell, a physician, writes to William Lloyd Garrison about the new boarding house for seamen he has opened with the American Seaman's Friend Society. Powell explains that while this work is not directly connected to the antislavery movement, many of the sailors have "tasted the bitter cup of slavery" in visits to slave ports. He asks Garrison for help finding donors for the boarding house, and suggests that "the friends of the slave" might be willing to contribute money to this charitable work.

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