Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, New York, to Helen Eliza Garrison, May 9, 1849
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Holograph, signed.In this letter, William Lloyd Garrison tells about a railroad accident, just outside of Boston, in which the engine and baggage cars were thrown off the track. During the two hour delay, the passengers kept "their spirits up by pouring spirits down." Garrison was accompanied by Wendell Phillips, Samual May, Jr., and Samuel Brooke. They found that all was well at Isaac T. Hopper's house. Attendance at the meetings was larger than ever. Wendell Phillips surpassed himself. The presence of Lucretia Mott, Lucy Stone, and Abby K. Foster is mentioned. The weather was rainy. Garrison dislikes New York.Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.3, no.265.
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- Abolitionists
- Antislavery Movements
- Brooke, Samuel D. 1889
- Correspondence
- Foster, Abby Kelley 1811 1887
- Garrison, Helen Eliza 1811 1876
- Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
- History
- Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem) 1771 1852
- May, Samuel, Jr. 1810 1899
- Mott, Lucretia 1793 1880
- Phillips, Wendell 1811 1884
- Railroad Accidents
- Slaver
- Stone, Lucy 1818 1893
- United States