Skip to main content

Letter from George Thompson, South Lambeth, [London, England], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1867 July 3

Thumbnail for Letter from George Thompson, South Lambeth, [London, England], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1867 July 3
View
@ Boston Public Library

Description

Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper with an embossed logo of a flower in the head- spine corner of each page. Also in the head spine corner, the words "From George Thompson" are written in ink and underlined. Above the salutation, number "129" is written in pencil, while along the fore edge, "1867" has been added in pencil after the date. The folder also contains a stamped envelope addressed to "W.L. Garrison Esq. Trevelyan Hotel Manchester" and is postmarked with a stamp that reads, "London-S, 5, JY 3, 67." The postage stamp is a one penny, "penny red," stamp featuring Queen Victoria. Along one edge of the envelope, the phrase "George Thompson, London, July 3, 1867." has been added in black ink. The envelope is postmarked with a stamp on the verso that reads "C, Manchester, 4 JY67, 02."George Thompson writes to William Lloyd Garrison telling him that although he "feel[s] very unusual today" he will still take the train to meet him in Manchester. Thompson tells Garrison he is "quite certain you will really enjoy your visit to Manchester."
Type:
Text
Format:
Correspondence Manuscripts
Rights:
No known copyright restrictions.No known restrictions on use.
View Original At:

Record Contributed By

Boston Public Library

Record Harvested From

Digital Commonwealth

Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Correspondence
  4. England
  5. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  6. History
  7. Slaver
  8. Social Reformers
  9. Thompson, George 1804 1878
  10. United States

Related Content

Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Oct[ober] 11. 1878 Letter from John Pierpont, Washington, [D.C.], to William Lloyd Garrison, February 11 1864 Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, June 12 1851 Letter from George Thompson, Brooklyn, New York, to William Lloyd Garrison, 1864 Mar[ch] 11 Letter from George Thompson, London, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1846 Sep[tember] 26 Letter from George Thompson, 18 Aldermanbury, London, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1834 March 27 Letter from Parker Pillsbury, Concord, N.H., to William Lloyd Garrison, Nov[ember] 15 1878 Letter from Anna Paul, Northampton, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Nov[ember] 21 / [18]50 Letter from George Thompson, South Lambeth, London, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1859 March 24th Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Feb[ruary] 19 1864 Letter from George Thompson, Roxbury, [Massachusetts], to William Cooper Nell, 1867 Ap[ril] 17 Letter from Louisa Thompson, Nosworthy, Leeds, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, August 23rd [1877] Letter from George Thompson, London, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1863 Mar[ch] 16 Letter from George Thompson, [Boston, Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, [1864 November 14] Letter from George Thompson, Salem, Ohio, to William Lloyd Garrison, 1865 Dec[ember] 21 Letter from Richard Hopkins, S[outh] Whitleym Ind., to Mr. Aleute, 30 May 1864 Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Maria Weston Chapman, and Wendell Phillips, Boston, [Massachusetts], 1859 February 15 Letter from Elizabeth Pease Nichol, Manchester, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison and Nathaniel Peabody Rogers, 31st July [1840] Letter from Ellen Richardson, Newcastle, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1860 [September] 4th Letter from George Thompson, London, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1852 September 24
Download JSON