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[Letter to] My dear Friend [manuscript]
1860-01-01T00:00:00Z
Nichol, Elizabeth Pease, 1807-1897, Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879, recipient
Holograph, signed
- Title:
- [Letter to] My dear Friend [manuscript]
- Creator:
- Nichol, Elizabeth Pease, 1807-1897, Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879, recipient
- Date Created:
- 1860-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Description:
Holograph, signed
Title devised by cataloger
Manuscript annotated on recto, with "To W. L. Garrison." appearing on top-right margin of page, and "Garrison MSS." stamped in blue ink above the addressed/date line in letterhead
Manuscript addressed from "Observatory"
Manuscript annotated on verso, with "MS. A.1.2 v.41, p.50(a)" appearing in pencil along lower-right margin of page
Elizabeth Pease Nichol inquires if William Lloyd Garrison had received her note from Wendell Phillips, and thanks Garrison for his kind "words of consolation in this season of unbearable anguish". Nichol discusses the grief she feels at the loss of her husband, as well as her profond religious faith. Nichol recounts her upcoming move to Edinburgh, as the Observatory's residency was tied to the professional position of her late husband
Item details
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- Internet Archive
- Contributing Institution:
- Boston Public Library
- Subjects:
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Nichol, Elizabeth Pease, 1807-1897
Nichol, J. P. (John Pringle), 1804-1859
Antislavery movements
Abolitionists
Social reformers
Women abolitionists
Women social reformers
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- Publisher:
- [Glasgow, Scotland]