Skip to main content

Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, 14 June, 1859

Thumbnail for Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, 14 June, 1859
View
@ Boston Public Library

Description

Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Addressed from Anti-Slavery Office.Oliver Johnson writes to William Lloyd Garrison with a series of questions concerning Garrison's life and history for use in composing a biographical sketch of Garrison for inclusion in the "Cyclopedia". Johnson takes particular interest in the events surrounding Garrison's trial and imprisonment in Baltimore, and in the early meetings of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society (then the New England Anti-Slavery Society).
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. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  5. History
  6. Johnson, Oliver 1809 1889
  7. Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
  8. Lundy, Benjamin 1789 1839
  9. Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society
  10. Slaver
  11. Tappan, Lewis 1788 1873
  12. United States

Related Content

Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, March 22, 1874 Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Roxbury, [Mass.], to Oliver Johnson, Feb. 1, 1874 Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, 13 April, 1861 Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Feb[ruary] 22, 1874 Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Roxbury, [Mass.], to Oliver Johnson, Feb. 24, 1874 Letter from George Cary, Cincinnati, [Ohio], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1832 May 15 Letter from Joseph Cassey, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1833 Feb[ruar]y 12 Letter from James Forten, Philad[elphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1830 December 31st Letter from Prudence Crandall, Elk Falls, [Kan.], to William Lloyd Garrison, March 20th 1879 Letter from James Miller M'Kim, Phil[adelphi]a, [Pa.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Oct[ober] 26th [1863] Letter from James Miller M'Kim, Phil[adelphi]a, [Pa.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Oct[ober] 26th [1863] Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Oliver Johnson, April 16, 1859 Letter from Oliver Johnson, [Place of publication not identified], to William Lloyd Garrison, April 20, 1859 Letter from Lewis Tappan, New York, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1835 Feb[ruary] 5th Letter from Lewis Tappan, New York, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]37 Sept[ember] 21 Letter from Lewis Tappan, New York, to George Thompson, 1835 Jan[uary] 2 Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, July 16, 1841 Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, 23 May, 1862 Letter from Oliver Johnson, [Place of publication not identified], to William Lloyd Garrison, July 14, 1853 Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Roxbury, [Mass.], to Oliver Johnson, Jan. 25, 1867
Download JSON