William Lloyd Garrison Collection11.Mwalb02655

William Lloyd Garrison collection11.MWalB02655

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Summary Information ...... 3 Scope and Contents ...... 4 Administrative Information ...... 4 Related Materials ...... 5 Other Descriptive Information ...... 5 Collection Inventory ...... 5

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Summary Information

Repository: Brandeis University Title: William Lloyd Garrison collection ID: 11.MWalB02655 Date [inclusive]: 1831-1916 Date [bulk]: 1860-1868 Physical Description: 0.50 Linear Feet Physical Description: 1 manuscript box other_unmapped Abstract: Arranged in sixteen folders, according to a previously existing Brandeis manuscript collection record: 1. The pre-war slavery controversy; 2. The conduct of the war (Copperheads, Emancipation Proclamation); 3. Black competence; 4. Readmission of former Confederate states; 5. Abolitionism and reform movements; 6. The Bible/Sabbath; 7. Temperance; 8. On free speech; 9. Woman suffrage; 10. Spiritualism; 11. Assorted notices presumed to have appeared in the Liberator; 12. Garrison family correspondence; 13. The Garrison Testimonial Fund Drive; 14. Letters to Francis Jackson Garrison; 15. Unclassified items; 16. Miscellaneous items. Note that many items in this collection are undated; dates noted in brackets are generally those noted in the original Brandeis manuscript collection record and/or those surmised from the content of the texts. Each item is also marked with its item number (e.g., 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, etc.). Some items have writing on their reverse sides which is not that of William Lloyd Garrison, as Garrison evidently recycled paper for future reuse. Numbers in parentheses in item descriptions refer to these other writers. For example, 3/5 (1) means three pieces of paper, five page sides of relevant material, and one page side of unrelated material; an item listed only as 3/5 includes three pieces of paper, 5 page sides of relevant material, and one blank page side. Only a small attempt has been made to identify the various correspondences on the backs of the Garrison material. T: typed; A: autograph; L: letter; N: note(s); D: document; S: signed; I: initialed. E.g., ALI: autograph letter initialed. For more information about each folder, please consult the descriptions in the box and folder listing.

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Preferred Citation

William Lloyd Garrison collection, Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University

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Scope and Contents

This collection contains over 251 written pieces relating to American abolitionist and Boston newspaper publisher William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879). The collection includes numerous autograph manuscripts (1-12 pages in length) of lectures and editorials which appeared in Garrison's newspaper, the Liberator, before, during, and after the American Civil War. Also included are many notes and extracts, jotted down for reference by Garrison for Liberator editorials and lectures; dockets on some indicate use. In addition, the collection includes 88 letters authored by William Lloyd Garrison, his family members, and various other writers. Many of these letters were written by well-known fellow abolitionists on the occasion of the Garrison Testimonial Fund Drive, including ones by Mary Livermore, Samuel May, Jr., G.F. Noyes, Isaac Pitman, Samuel Fessenden, G.P. Bigelow, Benjamin Cheever, and Caroline Weston. Another significant portion of the letters offers condolences to Francis Jackson Garrison upon the death of his wife and son.

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Administrative Information

Publication Statement Brandeis University

415 South St. Waltham, MA URL: https://findingaids.brandeis.edu/

Conditions Governing Access Access to the collection is in accordance with the policies of the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University.

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Conditions Governing Use Requests to reproduce or publish material from the collection should be directed to the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University.

Source of Acquisition Donated by Philip D. Sang.

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Related Materials

Related Materials For more, see: http://lts.brandeis.edu/research/archives-speccoll/collections/speccoll/ mancoll2.html#eruchames

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Other Descriptive Information

Addenda to this collection may not be listed in the finding aid, but may be available for research use. Please contact us for more information. http://brandeisspecialcollections.blogspot.com/2011/10/william- lloyd-garrison-collection.html

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Collection Inventory

Box 1 Box 1

The pre-war slavery controversy Box 1 Folder 1

1-1 [Garrison, William Lloyd?], sermon notes on the Southern Box 1 Folder 1 rebellion as a function of Northern "complicity" and past compromises, 3/5, AN, [1863?]

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Date: [1863?] Scope and Contents

Includes excerpt from John Greenleaf Whittier poem read before the Alumni of the Friends' Yearly Meeting School, at Newport, RI, 15th, 6 mo., 1863. "Whittier" and "Whittier's notes" annotated in pencil by an unknown hand.

1-2 Garrison, William Lloyd, pamphlet review of "Inorganic Box 1 Folder 1 Forces Ordained to Supersede Human Slavery," [Boston?], 3/5, AN, 1860 Date: 1860 Scope and Contents

Garrison's review criticizes the pamphlet's non-moral look at slavery. Pamphlet written by Thomas Eubank (New York: William Everdell & Sonds, 104 Fulton Street, 1860). Pamphlet consists of an essay originally read before the American Ethnological Society. Last page is written on the back of a financial form.

1-3 Garrison, William Lloyd, "Vindication of Box 1 Folder 1 Massachusetts," [i]Liberator[/i] editorial, Boston, 5/6 (2), AN, March 22, 1861 Date: March 22, 1861 Scope and Contents

Editorial discusses Senator Wilson, the Crittenden compromise, and fugitive slave hunting. Published version is on page 46 of the [i]Liberator[/i]. Unrelated material on reverse sides of some pages looks to be a listing of letters and articles for publication.

1-4 Garrison, William Lloyd, [i]Liberator[/i] article criticizing Box 1 Folder 1 Seward's speech in Madison, Wisconsin, Boston, 6/6 (6), AN, 1861 Date: 1861 Scope and Contents

Page 2 is missing. Reverse sides of pages 5, 6, and 7 consist of portions of a letter to Garrison on "Free Speech" (material on reverse sides of other pages is unrelated).

1-5 Garrison, William Lloyd, criticism of an unnamed pro- Box 1 Folder 1 Southerner, fragment, 1/1 (1), AN, [pre-Civil War] Date: [pre-Civil War]

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Material on reverse side is a letter signed by E. B. Chase.

1-6 Garrison, William Lloyd, criticism of an unnamed Southern Box 1 Folder 1 [?] publication for saying that the wage and tenant system is worse than the slavery system, fragment (only page 2), 1/1, AN, [pre-Civil War] Date: [pre-Civil War]

1-7 Garrison, William Lloyd, "Divest ourselves of prejudice and Box 1 Folder 1 make atonement", fragment (only page 3), 1/1, AN, [pre-Civil War] Date: [pre-Civil War]

1-8 Garrison, William Lloyd, [quoting others' letters?] regarding Box 1 Folder 1 the fugitive slave law controversy, fragment (only pages 3-6), 1/4, AN, [1852] Date: [1852]

1-9 Garrison, William Lloyd, "Three years ago, I was a Box 1 Folder 1 disunionist," fragment (only pages 4-5), 1/2, AN, [1863?] Date: [1863?] Scope and Contents

Garrison argues that there is no need to be a disunionist because slaveholders are out of the Union. Some points of the text are crossed out.

1-10 Garrison, William Lloyd, speech advocating disunion, Box 1 Folder 1 fragment (only pages 9-10),1/2, AN, [pre-Civil War] Date: [pre-Civil War]

1-11 Garrison, William Lloyd, "Bad as the Constitution is, it has Box 1 Folder 1 at last become so intolerable to the Southern slave-traffickers that they will no longer live under it," fragment (only page 10), 1/1 (1), AN, [pre-Civil War] Date: [pre-Civil War]

1-12 Garrison, William Lloyd, "Her reliance upon the Irish Box 1 Folder 1 population," fragment (only pages 21-22), 1/2, AN, [pre-Civil War] Date: [pre-Civil War] Scope and Contents

Points argued on the side of disunion on the eve of the Civil War.

1-13 Garrison, William Lloyd, commentary and quoted note Box 1 Folder 1 from a former slave, 1/2, AN, 1847 Date: 1847

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Quoted note of former slave who sent Garrison a box of preserves as a way of thanks for his work.

1-14 Garrison, William Lloyd, commentary on antislavery Box 1 Folder 1 history, fragment (only pages 3-4), 1/2, AN, 1867 Date: 1867

1-15 Garrison, William Lloyd, criticism of the 3/5 Compromise, Box 1 Folder 1 fragment (only pages 3-4), 1/2, AN, undated Date: undated

1-16 Garrison, William Lloyd, "State the crime of Giddings," Box 1 Folder 1 1/2, AN/TD (newsclipping included), [pre-Civil War] Date: [pre-Civil War] Scope and Contents

Text says only a little about Giddings, and spends greater time critiquing the Northern reception of Elder Davis, a "champion for slavery".

1-17 Garrison, William Lloyd, criticism of Postmaster Box 1 Folder 1 General Montgomery Blair's [i]New York Tribune[/i] article, [fragment?], 1/1 (1), AN, [pre-Civil War] Date: [pre-Civil War] Scope and Contents

Garrison's criticism of Blair is rooted in his dislike of Blair's "venom of malignant colorphobia".

1-18 Garrison, William Lloyd, commentary urging people to Box 1 Folder 1 violate the fugitive slave law, fragment (only pages 4-6), 2/3, AN, [pre-Civil War] Date: [pre-Civil War] Scope and Contents

Commentary consists of some common "excuses" for following the fugitive slave law, along with Garrison's rebuttals.

1-19 (previously 15-4) Garrison, William Lloyd, quoted portion Box 1 Folder 1 of speech made in favor of abolishing slavery in Washington, DC, 1/1, AN, [pre-Civil War] Date: [pre-Civil War]

The conduct of the war (Copperheads, Emancipation Box 1 Folder 2 Proclamation, etc.)

2-1 Unknown author, "It is a slave-holders' rebellion," Box 1 Folder 2 newsclipping, 1/1 (1), TD, [November 15, 1861?]

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Date: [November 15, 1861?] Scope and Contents

Newspaper article condemns Northerners who claim pre- war constitutional rights of property for slaveholders.

2-2 Garrison, William Lloyd, "Northern traitors in one breath Box 1 Folder 2 cry, 'Reconstruction!'", fragment (only page 16), 1/1 (1), AN, [1860s] Date: [1860s] Scope and Contents

Notes arguing that the North must be as united as the South, but for universal freedom versus slavery. Reverse side is a portion of a letter, written by an unknown hand, regarding governance and abolition.

2-3 [Garrison, William Lloyd?], "The Copperheads are more Box 1 Folder 2 pro-slavery than the rebels," fragment (only pages 5-6), 1/2, AN, [1860s] Date: [1860s]

2-4 Garrison, William Lloyd, commentary on "Copperhead Box 1 Folder 2 Democracy", fragment (only pages 21-24), 2/4, AN, [1863?] Date: [1863?] Scope and Contents

Notes discuss how "Copperhead Democracy" aimed to prevent and undermine the abolitionist cause.

2-5 Garrison, William Lloyd, discussion of his fears that the Box 1 Folder 2 government's "timidity" will prolong slavery, fragment, 1/1 (1), AN (and TD), [1863?] Date: [1863?] Scope and Contents

Reverse side is an advertisement for [i]The Public Life of Captain John Brown[/i], by James Redpath, along with additional text about another Redpath edited text on John Brown.

2-6 Garrison, William Lloyd, defense of Wendell Phillips's Box 1 Folder 2 speech in favor of an emancipatory decree (and denunciation of his critics at the [i]Boston[/i] [i]Courier[/i]), 1/2, AN, [1863?] Date: [1863?]

2-7 Garrison, William Lloyd, commentary on president's Box 1 Folder 2 treatment of Northern traitors, 1/1, AN, [1864?]

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Date: [1864?]

2-8 Garrison, William Lloyd, commentary on whether or not Box 1 Folder 2 a "non-resistant" can give opinions on the quality of military leaders (e.g., Grant is better than McClellan), fragment, 1/1 (1), AN, [1863?] Date: [1863?]

2-9 Garrison, William Lloyd, defense of the Union plan to Box 1 Folder 2 emancipate "contrabands" (escaped slaves), fragment (only pages 11-12), 1/2, AN, [1862?] Date: [1862?]

2-10 Garrison, William Lloyd, argument that slave owners Box 1 Folder 2 should have no constitutional protection of slaves as property, fragment (only pages 11-14), 2/4 (.5), AN, [1861?] Date: [1861?] Scope and Contents

Page 14 includes unrelated note sent September 23, 1861, from Charles R. Gallup (of Troy, New York) to William Lloyd Garrison, asking for his autograph.

2-11 Garrison, William Lloyd, praise of "Mr. Ashley's" speech Box 1 Folder 2 declaring slavery the cause of the war and calling for abolition, fragment (only page 2), 1/1 (1), AN, undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

Reverse side is labeled "page 19" and written in an unknown hand.

2-12 Garrison, William Lloyd, defense of Lincoln's Box 1 Folder 2 Emancipation Proclamation, fragment (only pages 3-4), 1/2, AN, [post-1864] Date: [post-1864]

2-13a Massachusetts Historical Society to Francis J. Garrison, Box 1 Folder 2 Esqu., with William Lloyd Garrison letter enclosed, Boston, 1/2, AN, January 5, 1916 Date: January 5, 1916 Scope and Contents

Francis J. Garrison notes the date of the William Lloyd Garrison letter on the back of the Massachusetts Historical Society envelope.

2-13b Garrison, William Lloyd, letter declining invitation to Box 1 Folder 2 celebration of Lincoln's 70th birthday, even as it praises some of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, fragment (letter is incomplete), 2/2 (1), AN, February 1879

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Date: February 1879 Scope and Contents

Reverse side of one piece of paper is a January 30, 1879, letter to William Lloyd Garrison regarding an invitation to a lecture.

2-14 Garrison, William Lloyd, defense of contraband seizure Box 1 Folder 2 policy, fragment (only pages 10-13), 2/4, AN, [early 1860s] Date: [early 1860s]

2-15 Garrison, William Lloyd, argument that the government Box 1 Folder 2 can and should use the war power to free slaves, fragment (only page 5), 1/1 (1), AN, [early 1860s] Date: [early 1860s] Scope and Contents

Reverse side written in unknown hand, on the subject of the United States' blockades and neutral nations' tolerance of the same.

2-16 Garrison, William Lloyd, argument that the South has no Box 1 Folder 2 legal grounds for revolt, fragment (only page 9), 2/2 (2), AN, [early 1860s] Date: [early 1860s] Scope and Contents

Item consists of one piece of paper torn in half.

2-17 Garrison, William Lloyd, argument that the South has no Box 1 Folder 2 legitimate complaints, fragment (only page 11), 1/1 (1), AN, [early 1860s] Date: [early 1860s]

Black competence Box 1 Folder 3

3-1 Garrison, William Lloyd, quote of Commander Chauncy Box 1 Folder 3 in praise of black seamen during the War of 1812, 1/1, AN, undated Date: undated

3-2 Garrison, William Lloyd, "How atrocious and despicable Box 1 Folder 3 has been the treatment of this loyal and brave race amoung us!", fragment, 1/1, AN, [early 1860s?] Date: [early 1860s?]

3-3 Garrison, William Lloyd, discussion of black contributions Box 1 Folder 3 in the American Revolution, fragment (only page 3), 1/1 (1), AN, [1861?] Date: [1861?]

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Fragment on reverse side is a letter to W.L. Garrison, from John V. DeGrasse, M.D.

3-4 Garrison, William Lloyd, introduction to extract of James Box 1 Folder 3 F. Clarke speech of April 2, 1863, fragment (only introduction), 1/1 (1), AN, [1863?] Date: [1863?] Scope and Contents

Reverse side is the beginning of a letter to Garrison, dated March 23, 1863, regarding "the colored soldiers at Port Royal" and also the increased correspondence from Southerners to the [i]Liberator[/i].

3-5 Garrison, William Lloyd, "Is he not under the same moral Box 1 Folder 3 law," fragment (only pages 7-10), 2/4, AN, [early 1860s] Date: [early 1860s] Scope and Contents

Text based on the argument that slaves are men, the same as all other men, and thus slavery is wrong.

3-6 Garrison, William Lloyd, speech notes extolling the Box 1 Folder 3 competence of freed slaves, fragment (only pages 3-4 & 7-8), 2/4, AN, [post-1865] Date: [post-1865]

3-7 Unknown author, three articles concerning southern Box 1 Folder 3 "contrabands" and Union enlisted black soldiers, newsclippings, 1/1 (1), TD, January 25, 1863-February 2, 1863, and undated Date: January 25, 1863-February 2, 1863, and undated Scope and Contents

Article 1, "Condition of the Contrabands," includes reports from various Union sources on the numbers, attitude and work levels of Southern "contrabands" (escaped slaves) at Union installations. Article 2, "Negroes Fighting in the Ranks of the Rebels," February 2, 1863, is a letter to the editor, detailing reports of blacks serving in the Confederate Army. Article 3, "Report on the South Carolina Volunteers," January 25, 1863, is a letter from Brigadier General R. Saxton to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, commending the new black volunteer regiments organized under his command. Reverse side of articles is a portion of a letter in an unknown hand.

3-8 Garrison, William Lloyd, speech condemning the racist Box 1 Folder 3 views of "Dr. Adams," fragment (only page 3), 1/1 (1), AN, [April 1862?]

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Date: [April 1862?] Scope and Contents

Reverse side is a typewritten form letter, dated April 1862, announcing that the Call & Tuttle tailors are moving their premises to 182 Washington Street.

3-9 Garrison, William Lloyd, argument that slavery and Box 1 Folder 3 prejudice is unnatural, 2/4, AN, [post-Civil War?] Date: [post-Civil War?] Scope and Contents

A portion of this text is quite similar to parts of item 3-6 in this same folder.

3-10 Garrison, William Lloyd, lecture notes on the anti- Box 1 Folder 3 Christian qualities of racism, fragment (only page 7), 1/1 (1), AN, [early 1860s?] Date: [early 1860s?] Scope and Contents

Reverse side is in an unidentified hand on the subject of "Pluck," i.e., that the Republican Party's potential "ill- success" in the Civil War would be due not to lack of resources but lack of "pluck."

3-11 Garrison, William Lloyd, quoting American leaders' praise Box 1 Folder 3 of black soldiers in the Revolutionary War, fragment (only page 2), 1/1 (1), AN, undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

Garrison quotes Dr. Harris, Hon. Tristram Burgess, Governor Eustis and Charles Pinckney. Reverse side is written in an unidentified hand, elaborating on the idea that "virtuous war is as impossible as a truthful lie, for the right to life is the basis of all other rights."

3-12 Garrison, William Lloyd, argument in support of allowing Box 1 Folder 3 black enlistment in the North, fragment (only pages 6-7), 1/2, AN, [early 1860s?] Date: [early 1860s?]

3-13 Garrison, William Lloyd, favorable book review of [i]The Box 1 Folder 3 True Story of the Barons of the South[/i], 2/2 (2), AN, [1862?] Date: [1862?]

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Reverse sides written in an unidentified hand, on out of order pages.

3-14 Garrison, William Lloyd, essay on the cause and possible Box 1 Folder 3 results of the Civil War, 1/4, AN, [early 1860s?] Date: [early 1860s?] Scope and Contents

Garrison asserts his belief that the result of the Civil War will be either an entirely free or entirely slave society. In turn, he states that if the result is a slave society, he will leave; to explain his reasoning, he quotes Franklin's "Where Liberty dwells, there is my country." The essay covers 3 "sides" of the paper. The fourth side contains only the word "God".

3-15 Garrison, William Lloyd, discussion of the results of Box 1 Folder 3 Northern victory (Liberty!), fragment (only pages 24-25), 1/2, AN, [early 1860s?] Date: [early 1860s?] Scope and Contents

Discussion of the positive results of Northern victory in the Civil War - specifically, greater freedom for all.

3-16 [Garrison, William Lloyd?], report on a Garrison speech Box 1 Folder 3 detailing pre-war equality in Massachusetts and advising "his colored brethren [to] stand firm...," fragment (only page 7), 1/1, AN, [early 1860s?] Date: [early 1860s?]

3-17 Garrison, William Lloyd, argument that Southern slavery Box 1 Folder 3 is "death and hell," fragment (only page 2), 1/1 (1), AN, [early 1860s?] Date: [early 1860s?] Scope and Contents

Reverse side consists of drawings of the intersection of Tremont and Boylston in downtown Boston, along with a doodle of a man and a monument of some kind.

Readmission of former Confederate states Box 1 Folder 4

4-1 Garrison, William Lloyd, argument to keep slave states out Box 1 Folder 4 of the Union, fragment (only pages 3 and 5), 2/2 (2), AN, [early 1860s?] Date: [early 1860s?]

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Quoted text in item a longer version of quote noted in Folder 3, Item 3-15. Reverse side is written in an unidentified hand, regarding the status of individuals in a portion of Louisiana controlled by the Union during the Civil War.

4-2 Garrison, William Lloyd, argument to keep South out of Box 1 Folder 4 Union during Reconstruction, 1/2, AN, [mid 1860s?] Date: [mid 1860s?] Scope and Contents

Garrison argues against Southern states' postwar readmittance to the Union due to their lack of loyalty or remorse.

4-3 [Garrison, William Lloyd] ("Ed. Lib"), argument that the Box 1 Folder 4 South has no say in the ratification of the 15th Amendment, fragment (only page 3), 1/1 (1), AN, [post-May 13, 1865] Date: [post-May 13, 1865] Scope and Contents

Reverse side is a letter from New Orleans inhabitant Louise [Demartie?] to Garrison, on the subject of her work in an Orphan Home and the death of Lincoln.

4-4 [Garrison, William Lloyd], note that Southern expressions Box 1 Folder 4 of loyalty run counter to reality of mob violence for Republican Party members in the South, fragment, 1/1 (1), AN, undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

Reverse side is in an unidentified hand (maybe Garrison's), denouncing the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions' position of declaring Cherokee slaveholders "Christian."

4-5 Garrison, William Lloyd, argument that President Johnson's Box 1 Folder 4 Reconstruction plans defy Congress and the people, leaving freedmen to the mercy of their former masters, fragment (only pages 9-10), 1/2, AN, [1865?] Date: [1865?]

4-6 Garrison, William Lloyd, listing of Johnson's concessions to Box 1 Folder 4 the South, 1/2, AN, [mid 1860s] Date: [mid 1860s]

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Text denounces President Andrew Johnson's many concessions to the South, and also includes quotes [Johnson's?] declaring the inferiority of blacks.

4-7 Garrison, William Lloyd, "Impeachment of the Box 1 Folder 4 President," [fragment?], 1/1 (1), AN, [1868?] Date: [1868?] Scope and Contents

Essay on the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. Reverse side is a letter dated April 22, 1867, to Madame C. [Clarisse Gauthier Coignet?] and [Miss Mary Dowling?] in Paris, from [Francis George Shaw?], noting that Garrison will call on them upon arrival in Paris.

4-8 Garrison, William Lloyd, commentary on President Box 1 Folder 4 Johnson's "treasonable leaning" speech, fragment (only pages 5-6), 1/2, AN, [1865-1866?] Date: [1865-1866?] Scope and Contents

Text includes edits, additions and crossouts, suggesting it is an early draft of an article or speech.

4-9 Garrison, William Lloyd, criticism of an utterance that Box 1 Folder 4 "practically means" freedmen should be slaves, fragment (only page 4), 1/1, AN, [post-Civil War?] Date: [post-Civil War?]

4-10 Garrison, William Lloyd, commentary on the creation Box 1 Folder 4 of the 15th Amendment, fragment (only pages 5-6), 1/2, AN, [1869-1870?] Date: [1869-1870?]

4-11 Garrison, William Lloyd, argument that the continuing Box 1 Folder 4 "color line" is the fault of "white 'property-holders' and men of that class," 2/2 (2), AN, [1877] Date: [1877] Scope and Contents

Reverse sides include part of a March 17, 1877, letter from C.C. Blake of Decatur, Illinois, detailing the predicted 1877-78 weather, and an April 13 (unknown year) letter from Geo. D. Mook of Worcester, [Massachusetts?], requesting Garrison's autograph. Garrison's words are also accompanied by some unlabeled numerical calculations (addition and multiplication).

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Garrison's past words and actions, fragment (only pages 3-4), 1/2, AN, [1869-1870?] Date: [1869-1870?]

Abolitionism and reform movements Box 1 Folder 5

5-1 [Garrison, William Lloyd], discussion of how reform always Box 1 Folder 5 encounters public opposition at first, 1/2, AN, undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

Corrected in William Lloyd Garrison's handwriting.

5-2 Garrison, William Lloyd, "Reply of Rev. Mr. Haven," Box 1 Folder 5 Boston, 12/12 (9), AN, March 29, 1861 Date: March 29, 1861 Scope and Contents

Text published in the [i]Liberator,[/i] on March 29, 1861, page 51. Text consists of a critique of Haven's reply to an article criticizing a letter he originally sent to the newspaper [about a Thanksgiving sermon he gave?]. Haven's sermon had been an attack on the Garrison- Phillips brand of abolitionism. Reverse sides of nine text pages are also written on: some are old tables of contents, while others seem to be part of a longer essay, much of it illegible due to ink bleeding through the paper.

5-3 Garrison, William Lloyd, declaration that the Anti-Slavery Box 1 Folder 5 Society's objectives are still "the immediate and total abolition of slavery," fragment, 1/1 (1), AN, undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

Reverse side consists of a portion of a table of contents, of similar look and paper type as that used in Item 5-2.

5-4 [Garrison, William Lloyd?], roster of officers [of the Box 1 Folder 5 American Anti-Slavery Society], 1/1 (1), AN, [early 1860s?] Date: [early 1860s?] Scope and Contents

Officer list is not in Garrison's handwriting. Reverse side is in Garrison's handwriting and is a fragment (page 4) of a larger essay, critiquing the words of "Mr. Parsons" which condemn abolitionists.

5-5 Garrison, William Lloyd, reiteration of abolitionist beliefs, Box 1 Folder 5 fragment, 1/1 (1), AN, undated Date: undated

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Garrison refers proudly to himself and others as "old abolitionists." Reverse side consists of a few written words, so brief as to make contextual understanding difficult.

5-6 Unknown author, "Conservatives and Box 1 Folder 5 Fanatics," [i]Richmond Dispatch[/i], newspaper clipping, 1/1, TD, [early 1860s] Date: [early 1860s] Scope and Contents

Article suggests Wendell Phillips and William Lloyd Garrison are principled and "honest" fanatics, while more commercial conservatives like Caleb Cushing or Edward Everett have no principles beyond selfishness, and would support abolition only if it would increase their cotton production and bottom line.

5-7 Garrison, William Lloyd, argument that every branch of Box 1 Folder 5 reform is important, 2/2 (2), AN, [post-May 17, 1863] Date: [post-May 17, 1863] Scope and Contents

Reverse sides of text include a letter request from the War Department, dated May 17, 1863, and a letter to Garrison inquiring about public shifts in sentiment towards "our free form of government."

5-8 Garrison, William Lloyd, argument that abolitionists seek Box 1 Folder 5 only the rights of all men, fragment (only pages 3-4), 1/2, AN, undated Date: undated

5-9 Garrison, William Lloyd, argument that abolitionism is Box 1 Folder 5 divinely sustained, fragment (only page 5), 1/1 (1), AN, undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

Reverse side is page 12 of another set of notes, quoting biblical passages.

5-10 Garrison, William Lloyd, argument that war has made Box 1 Folder 5 abolitionism respectable, fragment (only pages 5-6), 1/2, AN, [1863] Date: [1863]

5-11 Garrison, William Lloyd, speech notes on the history Box 1 Folder 5 and aims of abolitionism, fragment (only pages 3-5), 2/3, AN, undated

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Date: undated

5-12 (previously 15-6) [Garrison, William Lloyd?], discussion Box 1 Folder 5 of a recent reformative law passed in Massachusetts, fragment (only pages 5-6), 1/2, AN, undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

Paper is torn.

5-13 (previously 16-8) Garrison, William Lloyd, account of the Box 1 Folder 5 last minutes of [Mary Dyar], killed for being a Quaker, fragment (only pages 19-20), 1/2, AN, undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

This text is primarily quoted from William Sewel's 1799 book, [i]The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People Called Quakers[/i].

The Bible/Sabbath Box 1 Folder 6

6-1 Garrison, William Lloyd, an attempt at poetic defense of the Box 1 Folder 6 Bible against transcendentalism and skepticism, fragment, 1/1, AN, undated Date: undated

6-2 Garrison, William Lloyd, positive and negative uses of the Box 1 Folder 6 Bible, fragment (only pages 13-20, including an extra 19 and 19.5), 5/10, AN, undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

Paper ripped (at locale of old paper clip).

6-3 Garrison , William Lloyd, criticism of Theodore F. White's Box 1 Folder 6 sermon as depending upon "tread-mill reverence" for the Bible, fragment (only pages 3-7), 5/5 (5), AN, [post-December 9, 1860] Date: [post-December 9, 1860] Scope and Contents

Reverse sides consist of sections of various letters, including a letter dated December 9, 1860, from E.W.J. of Springfield.

6-4 Garrison, William Lloyd, argument that "individual reason Box 1 Folder 6 is the highest tribunal," above even the Bible, fragment (only pages 2-3), 1/2, AN, undated

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Date: undated

6-5 Garrison, William Lloyd, "Heads at Portland" (introduction Box 1 Folder 6 to a speech on biblical influence), 1/1 (1), Portland, [Maine?], AN, undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

Reverse side consists of more written text, but so little (and large) as to be difficult to understand contextually.

6-6 Garrison, William Lloyd, "Abuses of the Bible," fragment Box 1 Folder 6 (only pages 3-6), 2/4, AN, undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

Text encourages readers to use the Bible as an example, rather than as the "last word" in all things.

6-7 Garrison, William Lloyd, commentary on claims that the Box 1 Folder 6 Bible is divinely inspired, fragment (only pages 5-6), 1/2, AN, undated Date: undated

6-8 Garrison, William Lloyd, criticism of the writings of Mr. Box 1 Folder 6 Morison, who believes in biblical "miracle" stories, fragment (only pages 2-3), 1/2, AN, undated Date: undated

6-9 Garrison, William Lloyd, notes on the views of various Box 1 Folder 6 ministers on the adviseability of keeping the Sabbath, 5/14, AN, undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

Notes are sometimes unclear as to which parts are quotes from ministers and which are Garrison's commentary. Individuals discussed include Rev. Mr. King, Rev. Mr. [Joshua?] Himes, Rev. Mr. [Samuel J.?] May, P.R. Russell, [Edward?] Taylor, [Austin?] Phelps, [Nathaniel?] Colver, and Rev. Warren Burton.

Temperance Box 1 Folder 7

7-1 Garrison, William Lloyd, commentary on the reverse in the Box 1 Folder 7 war upon liquor, arguing that the prohibitory law is not a failure, fragment (only pages 2-3), 1/2, AN, [post-Civil War?] Date: [post-Civil War?]

7-2 Garrison, William Lloyd, commentary on the bad effects of Box 1 Folder 7 liquor, fragment (only pages 3-4), 1/2, AN, undated

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Date: undated

7-3 Garrison, William Lloyd, comparison of slave traders/ Box 1 Folder 7 owners and "grog" sellers/drinkers, fragment (only pages 3-4), 1/2, AN, [post-Civil War] Date: [post-Civil War]

7-4 Garrison, William Lloyd, "It is the foreign element that Box 1 Folder 7 resists and imperils," fragment (only pages 4-5), 1/2, AN, undated Date: undated

7-5 Garrison, William Lloyd, scriptural references to Box 1 Folder 7 drunkenness, fragment (only pages 5-6), 1/2, AN, undated Date: undated

7-6 Garrison, William Lloyd, attack on [Elijah?] Lovejoy's Box 1 Folder 7 policy of permitting temptation to exist as a test of righteousness, fragment (only pages 5-6), 1/2, AN, undated Date: undated

7-7 Garrison, William Lloyd, commentary on the Prohibition Box 1 Folder 7 Law, fragment (only page 6), 1/1 (1), AN, [post-1869] Date: [post-1869] Scope and Contents

Reverse side is a September 27, 1869, letter from William Black of Chicago, asking for Garrison's autograph.

7-8 Garrison, William Lloyd, attack on drinking's exponents, Box 1 Folder 7 fragment (only pages 3-4), 1/2, AN, undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

Item 9 in Folder 7 may be a continuation of these notes.

7-9 Garrison, William Lloyd, commentary on how drinking Box 1 Folder 7 undermines American liberty, fragment (only pages 5-6), 1/2, AN, undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

This item may be a continuation of Item 8 in the same folder.

7-10 Garrison, William Lloyd, "100,000 drunkards go to the Box 1 Folder 7 grave annually," fragment (only pages 3-6), 2/4, AN, undated Date: undated

7-11 Garrison, William Lloyd, notes on the need for Box 1 Folder 7 governmental prohibition, 1/3 (1), AN, undated

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Date: undated Scope and Contents

Reverse side is a fragment written in an unidentified hand, challenging the "cultivated and opulent" who stand "at the summits of social life" to lead by example and give up alcohol.

7-12 Garrison, William Lloyd, argument that temperance must Box 1 Folder 7 be as intolerant of liquor as abolition was of slavery, fragment (only page 3), 1/1, AN, [1875?] Date: [1875?]

On free speech Box 1 Folder 8

8-1 [Garrison, William Lloyd?], description of Southern Box 1 Folder 8 "barbarism" towards Northerners, fragment, 1/1 (1), AN, [pre- Civil War?] Date: [pre-Civil War?] Scope and Contents

Reverse side is written in an unidentified hand, discussing oppressed peoples, be they European soldiers or Southern slaves.

8-2 Garrison, William Lloyd, criticism of an essay against Box 1 Folder 8 suffrage by an unnamed woman, fragment, 1/1 (1), AN, undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

Reverse side of text is written in the same unidentified hand as Item 8-1, discussing abolition and its progress in England.

8-3 Garrison, William Lloyd, criticism of a newspaper's account Box 1 Folder 8 of a mob attack upon a Garrison prayer meeting, fragment (only page 2), 1/1, AN, undated Date: undated

8-4 Garrison, William Lloyd, commentary on the supposed Box 1 Folder 8 "Abolition" press and one-sided journalism, fragment (only pages 2-3), 2/2, AN, undated Date: undated

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Scope and Contents

Note that these two pages may not go together. The handwriting is the same, and the topic, but the paper type is different.

8-5a Reprints from two Massachusetts papers denouncing Box 1 Folder 8 Wendell Phillips' Cincinnati disunion speech, [Boston?], 1/1 (1), TD, [March 25, 1862] Date: [March 25, 1862]

8-5b Garrison, William Lloyd, criticism of a [i]Newburyport Box 1 Folder 8 Herald[/i] article about Wendell Phillips' Cincinnati disunion speech paper (see Item 8-5a for article reprint), [Boston?], 1/1 (1), AN, undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

Reverse side consists of a portion of a letter of poetry from abolitionist Jane Ashby.

8-6 Garrison, William Lloyd, polemic against mobs, with Box 1 Folder 8 reference to the breaking-up of an anti-slavery meeting, fragment (only pages 2-3), 2/2 (2), AN, undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

Referenced anti-slavery meeting was led by Rev. Beriah Green (President of the Oneida Institute), Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Rev. Samuel J. May. Reverse side consists of writing in an unidentified hand; it also refers to the despicable nature of mobs, and specifically to a mob incident in Boston at the Tremont Temple.

8-7 Garrison, William Lloyd, criticism of a newspaper's account Box 1 Folder 8 of the closing of a hall that was to be used by abolitionists, fragment, 1/1, AN, [pre-Civil War] Date: [pre-Civil War] Scope and Contents

See Item 8-8 for related content.

8-8 Garrison, William Lloyd, an additional blast against those Box 1 Folder 8 state governmental leaders who denied a Boston hall to an abolitionist meeting, fragment (only pages 7-8), 2/2 (2), AN, [pre-Civil War] Date: [pre-Civil War]

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Scope and Contents

See Item 8-7 for related content. The hall in question was likely either Faneuil Hall, or the Massachusetts State House itself - both of which were denied to abolitionists for fear they would attract mobs which would then destroy the buildings. Reverse sides consist of an article for the [i]Liberator[/i], entitled "The Constitution and the Union" and protesting Massachusetts officials' continuing support of the fugitive slave acts.

Woman suffrage Box 1 Folder 9

9-1 Garrison, William Lloyd, rebuttal of arguments against Box 1 Folder 9 woman suffrage, fragment (only pages 5-8), 2/4, AN, undated Date: undated

9-2 Garrison, William Lloyd, notes on human rights and duties, Box 1 Folder 9 fragment, 1/2, AN, [post-1869] Date: [post-1869]

9-3 Garrison, William Lloyd, "Rights and duties are Box 1 Folder 9 inseparable...," fragment (only page 3), 1/1, AN, undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

Notes consist of a series of unidentified quotations.

9-4 Garrison, William Lloyd, comments on Massachusetts' Box 1 Folder 9 legislature again defeating referendum bill [for woman suffrage], [fragment?], 1/2 (1), AN, undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

Reverse side consists of a fragment of William Lloyd Garrison's undated letter to the editors of the [i]Boston Journal[/i] regarding the [i]Boston Post's[/i] depiction of a recent Faneuil Hall demonstration.

9-5 Garrison, William Lloyd, "Reminiscences -1840," 3/6, AN, Box 1 Folder 9 undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

Notes for a speech or article favoring woman suffrage. Original collection description notes that these three sheets were not originally found together and may not be from the same piece.

9-6 Garrison, William Lloyd, "Intermeddling," 3/6, AN, [post- Box 1 Folder 9 Civil War]

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Date: [post-Civil War] Scope and Contents

Notes for a speech favoring woman suffrage. Original collection description notes that pages were not originally found together and may be from separate pieces. The first page may also not be in Garrison's hand.

9-7 Garrison, William Lloyd, notes on professional roles women Box 1 Folder 9 already playing in society, [fragment?], 1/2 (1), AN, undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

Reverse side is a fragment of a letter from [G. W. Ballin?], asking to be informed of a lecture date in time to "advertise properly."

9-8 Garrison, William Lloyd, rebuttal to a list of quoted Box 1 Folder 9 objections to woman suffrage, fragment, 1/2, AN, undated Date: undated

Spiritualism Box 1 Folder 10

10-1 Garrison, William Lloyd, commentary on the war between Box 1 Folder 10 pacifism and the Constitution, 1/1, AN, undated Date: undated

10-2 Garrison, William Lloyd, commentary on how manhood is Box 1 Folder 10 greater than nationhood, fragment, 1/1 (1), AN, undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

Reverse side consists of writing in an unidentified hand, commenting on the hypocrisy of Congressmen who vote within the union, then encourage their constituents to "rob and plunder" the same. Similarly it critiques "the Church", North and South, which uses the same biblical text to both decry and condone slavery.

10-3 Garrison, William Lloyd, address on the efficacy of the Box 1 Folder 10 Spiritualist persuasion, fragment (only pages 26-28), 3/3 (3), undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

Reverse side consists of fragments of another piece (only pages 92-93 and 158) in an unidentified hand.

10-4 Garrison, William Lloyd, argument that church Box 1 Folder 10 membership is a human choice and not a divine one, fragment (only page 4), 1/1, AN, undated

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Date: undated

10-5 Garrison, William Lloyd, condemnation of a slaveholding Box 1 Folder 10 church, fragment (only page 4), 1/1, AN, undated Date: undated

10-6 Garrison, William Lloyd, "And here he is to be met," [a Box 1 Folder 10 Spiritualist prayer?], fragment (only pages 4-5), 2/2, AN, undated Date: undated

10-7 Garrison, William Lloyd, argument that a church building Box 1 Folder 10 is not a "house of God," fragment (only page 5), 1/1, AN, undated Date: undated

10-8 Garrison, William Lloyd, condemnation of despotic Box 1 Folder 10 republicanism and military activity, fragment (only pages 6-7), 1/2, AN, undated Date: undated

Assorted notices presumed to have appeared in the [i]Liberator[/i] Box 1 Folder 11

11-1 [Garrison, William Lloyd], editor of the [i]Liberator[/i], Box 1 Folder 11 note confirming the availability of reprints of lectures (including Wendell Phillips' lecture), 1/1 (1), AN, [early 1860s?] Date: [early 1860s?] Scope and Contents

Reverse side consists of a fragment of writing in an unidentified hand, discussing how both states' representatives and states' citizens have voted to secede from the union.

11-2 Unknown author, three couplet eulogy of Daniel Webster, Box 1 Folder 11 1/1, AN, [1850?] Date: [1850?]

11-3 Unknown author, poetic verse on "Despair," 1/1, AN, Box 1 Folder 11 undated Date: undated

11-4 Garrison, William Lloyd, book recommendations for Box 1 Folder 11 children's Christmas and New Year's presents, 1/1 (1), AN, undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

Reverse side consists of a Greek exercise by "Garrison."

11-5 Garrison, William Lloyd, announcement of William Lloyd Box 1 Folder 11 Garrison lecture, 1/1 (1), AN, undated

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Date: undated Scope and Contents

Reverse side consists of the signature of J.M.W. [James Manning Winchell] Yerrinton, Esq., of Boston. Yerrinton and his father (James Brown Yerrinton) were for many years the printers of the [i]Liberator[/i]. Due to his transcribing skills, J.M.W. Yerrinton was also the official reporter for the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society.

11-6 Garrison, William Lloyd, announcement of a wedding and Box 1 Folder 11 multiple lectures, Boston, 1/1 (1), AN, January 1, 1863 Date: January 1, 1863 Scope and Contents

Wedding announcement is for that of George Washburn Smalley , Esq., and Miss Phebe Garnant. Lecture announcement is for a lecture by Wendell Phillips, Esq. Reverse side consists of an earlier announcement for a December 21st lecture by Anna E. Dickinson.

11-7 Garrison, William Lloyd, National Subscription Box 1 Folder 11 Anniversary meeting announcement, Boston, 1/1 (1), AN, [early 1860s] Date: [early 1860s] Scope and Contents

Intent of the meeting noted was to raise money for the Anti-Slavery Society. Reverse side consists of writing in an unidentified hand, describing an evening lecture in the Civil War era.

11-8 Garrison, William Lloyd, reminder that the "home effort" Box 1 Folder 11 must be high as no contributions to the National Subscription Anniversary are expected from abroad, Boston, 1/1, AN, [early 1860s] Date: [early 1860s]

11-9 Garrison, William Lloyd, editor of the [i]Liberator[/i], Box 1 Folder 11 death notice for Mrs. Abby Fenno Manley, wife of John R. Manley, Esq., Boston, 1/1 (1), AN, [early 1860s] Date: [early 1860s] Scope and Contents

Reverse side is a printed admission ticket to the 28th National Subscription Anniversary meeting, signed by

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John R. Manley. Manley's wife is listed as one of the printed supporters of the cause on the ticket.

11-10a Garrison, William Lloyd, death notice for Mrs. Louisa Box 1 Folder 11 May Willis, wife of Hamilton Willis, Esq., Boston, 1/2, AN, [November 1862] Date: [November 1862] Scope and Contents

Louisa May Willis was a staunch anti-slavery supporter. She was also a cousin of Louisa May Alcott and both an emotional and financial supporter of the writer.

11-10b Garrison, William Lloyd, [eulogy for Mrs. Louisa May Box 1 Folder 11 Willis?], fragment (only pages 3-4), 1/2, AN, [November 1862?] Date: [November 1862?]

11-11 [Garrison, William Lloyd?], death notice for Mr. Robert Box 1 Folder 11 Roberts, a black supporter of "the Anti-Slavery struggle" and "probably the oldest stevedore in this city," [Boston?], 1/2, AN, [pre-1865] Date: [pre-1865]

11-12 Garrison, William Lloyd, "Justly Afraid of Rivalry," [jibe Box 1 Folder 11 at [i]Newburyport Herald [/i]editor], Boston, 1/1, AN, [early 1860s] Date: [early 1860s]

11-13 Garrison, William Lloyd, account of a Massachusetts Box 1 Folder 11 Anti-Slavery Society meeting, Boston, 3/3 (3), AN, [early 1863?] Date: [early 1863?] Scope and Contents

Text is one piece of paper, ripped into three pieces. Reverse side consists of a criticism of General Nathaniel Banks for "nullify[ing] the freedom promised in advance by the President's Proclamation" (i.e., for advising Louisiana slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation to "wait until their 'privileges' are established.")

11-14 Garrison, William Lloyd, introduction to the printing of a Box 1 Folder 11 pro-slavery speech made by W. P. Bentinck, a British Member of Parliament, Boston, 2/1 (1), AN, [early 1860s] Date: [early 1860s] Scope and Contents

Text consists of one sheet of paper, ripped into two pieces. Reverse side consists of page 2 of an essay, written in an unidentified hand [Garrison?]. Essay content is the argument that the Union should have abolished slavery as its first tactic of the Civil War, thus "the chief strength - Page 28- William Lloyd Garrison collection11.MWalB02655

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11-15 Garrison, William Lloyd, account of a fundraising event Box 1 Folder 11 [for the American Anti-Slavery Society?], Boston, 2/2 (2), AN, undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

Text is one sheet of paper ripped into two pieces. Reverse side, written in an unidentified hand, consists of a list of people in the "Committee on Business" and the "Committee to Nominate Officers for the ensuing years," including William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips and Samuel May, Jr, among others.

11-16 Unknown author, anti-slavery song, 1/1 (1), AN, [early Box 1 Folder 11 1860s?] Date: [early 1860s?] Scope and Contents

References to Union troops place this song in the Civil War years. Both text and reverse side are written in unidentified hands. Reverse side is a mere fragment of writing, so it is difficult to determine the subject matter.

11-17 Garrison, William Lloyd, favorable review of [i]The Box 1 Folder 11 Results of Emancipation[/i], by Augustus Cochin, Boston, fragment (only pages 1-2), 1/2, AN, [1863] Date: [1863]

11-18 Garrison, William Lloyd, reminder to attend an Box 1 Folder 11 "important anniversary meeting," Boston, 1/1 (1), AN, undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

Reverse side, written in an unidentified hand, consists of sundry announcements of lectures by abolitionists Mr. [Theodore Dwight?] Weld and Parker Pillsbury.

11-19 Garrison, William Lloyd, announcement of upcoming Box 1 Folder 11 discourse by Rev. Moncure Daniel Conway, Boston, 1/1 (1), AN, [early 1860s?] Date: [early 1860s?] Scope and Contents

Reverse side, written in an unidentified hand, consists of a discussion of the possible results of the Civil War (e.g.,

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Southern reinstatement in the Union would lead to greater Northern bloodshed in the long run).

11-20 Garrison, William Lloyd, announcement of a gymnasium Box 1 Folder 11 inauguration, Boston, 1/1 (1), AN, [1860] Date: [1860] Scope and Contents

Gymnasium was one established by Dr. Dioclesian Lewis, considered one of the founders of the modern physical education movement. Reverse side is a small fragment of text written in an unidentified hand.

11-21 Garrison, William Lloyd, announcement of a Sunday Box 1 Folder 11 lecture by Wendell Phillips, Boston, 1/1 (1), AN, [November 2, 1873?] Date: [November 2, 1873?] Scope and Contents

A note in the file claims that the lecture's designated date of November 2 fell on a Sunday in 1856 and 1873, and that the latter date is more probable, considering the material on the reverse side (words of thanks in an unidentified hand, to an unidentified man for help in the anti-slavery effort's success).

11-22 Unknown author, explanation and verses of "The Box 1 Folder 11 Northern Star," a song to be sung to the tune of "Bonnie Blue Flag," [Boston?], 1/1 (1), AN, [post-August 1862] Date: [post-August 1862] Scope and Contents

"The Northern Star" was written by Edward H. G. Clark, of Troy, NY, and arranged for piano by Fred. H. Cluett. Reverse side is an August 18, 1862, letter to William Lloyd Garrison from Dr. R. B. Brown, of Summerville, PA, requesting copies of the [i]Liberator[/i] and a Washington speech by Wendell Phillips.

Garrison family correspondence Box 1 Folder 12 Scope and Contents

Letters of William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879), his wife Helen Eliza Benson Garrison (1811-1876), and his children George Thompson Garrison (1836-1904), William Lloyd Garrison, Jr. (1838-1909), Wendell Phillips Garrison (1840-1907), Helen Frances "Fanny" Garrison Villard

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(1844-1928), and Francis Jackson "Frank" Garrison (1848-1916).

12-1 Garrison, William Lloyd [Jr.], Wendell Phillips Garrison, Box 1 Folder 12 and Helen Eliza Benson Garrison to George Thompson Garrison, 1/4, ALS, April 27, 1851 Date: April 27, 1851 Scope and Contents

Family news and news of the new printing supplies in "our 'establishment'."

12-2 Garrison, William Lloyd and Helen Eliza Benson Garrison Box 1 Folder 12 to Helen Frances "Fanny" Garrison Villard, [Boston?], 1/4, ALS (I), January 26, 1872 Date: January 26, 1872 Scope and Contents

Letter from Helen tells of visitors and describes Helen's ailing health, while William informs Fanny that Horace White sent $800 for Harry Villard's credit, and encourages her to use a previously mentioned $50 given at Christmas for herself and her children. William also urges Fanny not to mention anything about staying abroad longer in Wiesbaden to her mother, as the subject upsets Helen.

12-3 Garrison, William Lloyd and Helen Eliza Benson Garrison Box 1 Folder 12 to Francis Jackson "Frank" Garrison and Helen Frances "Fanny" Garrison Villard, [Boston?], 1/4, ALS (I), December 28, 1866 Date: December 28, 1866 Scope and Contents

William informs Frank of John Murray's death, while Helen informs Fanny of various family news. The postscript, signed W.L.G., reads "I have just sent an article to the Independent urging the impeachment of the President. Congress will hardly have the courage to make the attempt. The tune of the Southern press is as treasonable as it was in 1850."

12-4 Garrison, William Lloyd and Helen Eliza Benson Garrison Box 1 Folder 12 to Helen Frances "Fanny" Garrison Villard, Boston, 1/4, ALS (I), May 2, 1872 Date: May 2, 1872 Scope and Contents

Majority of letter written by Helen, sending news of family and friends. As in various other letters, she requests that letter be burned to keep it from others' eyes (like Fanny's husband or brothers). William's handwriting

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is evident around letter edges in some short postscripts directed to Fanny and her children.

12-5 Garrison, Helen Eliza Benson to William Lloyd Garrison, Box 1 Folder 12 1/1 (1), ALS, undated Date: undated Scope and Contents

Helen informs William that "Sister Mary" is conscious and asking for him. She urges William to come soon. Reverse side consists of a (verbatim?) debate in a Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society meeting.

12-6 Garrison, Helen Eliza Benson to Helen Frances "Fanny" Box 1 Folder 12 Garrison Villard and Francis Jackson "Frank" Garrison, Boston, 3/8, ALS, April 26-27, 1872 Date: April 26-27, 1872 Scope and Contents

Letter consists of various news of family and friends. It is unclear if this text is only one letter, or more than one. It may also have been mailed along with item 12-4.

The Garrison Testimonial Fund Drive Box 1 Folder 13 Scope and Contents

This collection of letters concerns an 1866-1867 testimonial fund drive created to raise money for William Lloyd Garrison.

13-1 Weston, Caroline to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., New York, 1/4, Box 1 Folder 13 ALS, April 8, [1866?] Date: April 8, [1866?] Scope and Contents

Weston writes about the difficulties of raising funds in New York City during the summer.

13-2 Weston, Caroline to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., New York, 1/4, Box 1 Folder 13 ALI, April 9, [1866?] Date: April 9, [1866?] Scope and Contents

Weston writes of working on a list of names and addresses, and encourages May to come to New York as early as possible to meet potential wealthy donors before they leave for the summer.

13-3 Weston, Caroline to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., [Weymouth, Box 1 Folder 13 MA?], 1/4, ALI, September 27, 1866

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Date: September 27, 1866 Scope and Contents

Letter encloses a $50.00 contribution by Harriet Beecher Stowe to the Garrison Testimonial Drive.

13-4 Weston, Caroline to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Roxbury, MA, Box 1 Folder 13 1/4, ALS, November 21, 1866 Date: November 21, 1866 Scope and Contents

Weston notes an enclosure of $50.00 from Mrs. Putnam for the testimonial drive.

13-5 Fessenden, Samuel and Ellen Fessenden Lincoln to Rev. Box 1 Folder 13 Samuel May, Jr., 1/4, ALS, [1866?] Date: [1866?] Scope and Contents

Ellen acts as her father Samuel's scribe due to his "feebleness and almost entire blindness." Samuel (via Ellen) writes of how honored he is to participate in the testimonial.

13-6 McKim, James Miller to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., New York, Box 1 Folder 13 1/3, ALS, July 23, 1866 Date: July 23, 1866 Scope and Contents

McKim notes Garrison is in New York, and mentions that a Mr. Noyes is "not [to be] counted upon to act as agent." Rev. May has a pencilled note regarding this comment in the letter.

13-7 Noyes, George F. to James Miller McKim, New York, 1/2, Box 1 Folder 13 ALS, July 3, 1866 Date: July 3, 1866 Scope and Contents

Noyes suggests waiting until September to collect funds, as most potential supporters are out of town.

13-8 Hadwen, Charles to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Worcester, MA, Box 1 Folder 13 1/1, ALS, June 5, 1866 Date: June 5, 1866

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Hadwen informs May he is going to Newport for a week, but will try to see the people May wrote him about before leaving.

13-9 [Kerr], I.W. to unknown [Rev. Samuel May, Jr.?], Box 1 Folder 13 Pittsburgh, 1/1, ALI, July 1, 1866 Date: July 1, 1866 Scope and Contents

Kerr encloses $10 for the Garrison Testimonial.

13-10 Horswell, Kinsley & French to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Box 1 Folder 13 Boston, 1/1, ALS, April 24, 1866 Date: April 24, 1866 Scope and Contents

Horswell, Kinsley & French ("Importers of Woolens") enclose $100 for the Garrison Testimonial.

13-11 McLauthlin, Lewis to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Pembroke, Box 1 Folder 13 RI, 1/2, ALS, July 8, 1866 Date: July 8, 1866 Scope and Contents

McLauthlin discusses the possible effect on contributions of a recent disagreement between William Lloyd Garrison and some of Garrison's friends.

13-12 Nash, Chester to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Welshfield, OH, Box 1 Folder 13 1/1, ALS, December 24, 1866 Date: December 24, 1866 Scope and Contents

Nash encloses $5 for the Garrison Testimonial, as "I know of no one more deserving."

13-13 Flint, E. H. to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, MA, 1/1, Box 1 Folder 13 ALS, June 18, [1866?] Date: June 18, [1866?] Scope and Contents

Flint encloses $25 from Mrs. Asa Eldridge of Boston.

13-14 Thacher, Ezekiel and [Alice Easton Thacher?] to Rev. Box 1 Folder 13 Samuel May, Jr., Yarmouth Port, MA, 1/1, ALS, June [1866?] Date: June [1866?]

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The Thachers enclose $10 "for our friend Garrison."

13-15 Pope, William to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Dorchester, MA Box 1 Folder 13 (Harrison Square), 1/1, ALS, May 30, 1866 Date: May 30, 1866 Scope and Contents

Pope writes of his support of the Garrison Testimonial.

13-16 McKim, James Miller to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., New Box 1 Folder 13 York, 1/4, ALS, July 18, 1866 Date: July 18, 1866 Scope and Contents

McKim writes that he thinks the New York and Philadelphia campaigns should wait until September.

13-17 Ovington, T. T. to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Brooklyn, NY, Box 1 Folder 13 1/1, ALS, September 24, 1866 Date: September 24, 1866 Scope and Contents

Ovington encloses a check and apologizes that it is not for a greater amount.

13-18 Bowditch, J. I. to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., 1/1, ALS, Box 1 Folder 13 December [1866?] Date: December [1866?] Scope and Contents

Bowditch encloses $10 from John C. Gray "for Mr. Garrison."

13-19 Anonymous to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Lee, NH, 1/1, AL, Box 1 Folder 13 [1866?] Date: [1866?] Scope and Contents

Letter encloses $5 "from an inhabitant of Lee, N.H."

13-20 Anonymous to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Smithfield, RI, 1/1, Box 1 Folder 13 AL, [1866?] Date: [1866?]

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Writer notes that he "hooted at him" thirty years ago, but now encloses $10 for the Garrison Testimonial.

13-21 Unknown author [T.E.S.?] to [Rev. Samuel May, Jr.?], Box 1 Folder 13 1/1, AN, [1866?] Date: [1866?] Scope and Contents

Note tells of a $10 check, signed by C. H. Mead of Hoffman House, New York, which arrived with no letter.

13-22 [Holley, Sallie?] to [unknown?], 1/1 (1), AN, September Box 1 Folder 13 [1866?] Date: September [1866?] Scope and Contents

Note suggests that a letter from May to Joseph Metcalf of Diamond Hill, RI, would probably bring a "handsome" contribution due to his being worth "half a million" and feeling "very kindly to Mr. Garrison." In original manuscript record, note listed as a signed letter from Holley to Rev. Samuel May, Jr. However, Holley's name is at the top of the page, not at the bottom, as in a letter. Also, described note and note on reverse side are in same handwriting and refer to "Mr. May" in the third person, as if note was in fact to an acquaintance of May's. This perhaps means that the information in the note was transcribed from a conversation with Holley vs. a letter.

13-23 Bigelow, Chief Justice George Tyler to Rev. Samuel May, Box 1 Folder 13 Jr., Boston, 1/1, ALS, June 23, 1866 Date: June 23, 1866 Scope and Contents

Bigelow writes to say he wishes to subscribe and requests that a subscription book be sent to him at the Court House.

13-24 May, Rev. Samuel, Jr., to William Lloyd Garrison, Box 1 Folder 13 Leicester, MA, 1/4, ALS, May 9, 1866 Date: May 9, 1866 Scope and Contents

May writes about how the Testimonial for Garrison's personal support was conceived out of a discussion between May and James Buffum, and further developed

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through conferences with Samuel E. Sewall, Robert Cassie Waterston and Edmund Quincy.

13-25 Philbrick, Edward S. to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Boston, Box 1 Folder 13 1/1, ALS, August 3, 1866 Date: August 3, 1866 Scope and Contents

Philbrick writes that his mother commits to donating $100 to the Garrison fund, conditional upon the fund reaching its $50,000 goal.

13-26 Brooks, Obed to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Harwich, MA, Box 1 Folder 13 1/1, ALS, December 6, 1866 Date: December 6, 1866 Scope and Contents

Brooks encloses $10, a cumulative gift from himself and four friends: [Zebina?] H. Small, Chester Snow, Ephraim [Doane?], Jr., and Nathaniel Robbin[s?].

13-27 Pitman, Isaac to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Providence, RI, Box 1 Folder 13 1/2, ALS, April 30, 1867 Date: April 30, 1867 Scope and Contents

Pitman sends records of $1268 in subscriptions, along with the names of the subscribers, and encloses $200. May writes on the bottom of the list "$1200 of above, received. Samuel May, Jr., May 2, 1867." See Folder 13, Items 28 and 36, for further explanation of this transaction.

13-28 Pitman, Isaac to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Providence, RI, Box 1 Folder 13 1/2, ALS, June 5, 1867 Date: June 5, 1867 Scope and Contents

Pitman writes of the need to have the aid of Rev. Charles H. Plummer to raise funds, and thus the need to deduct a commission for Plummer. Pitman also notes the difficulty of confirming funds promised, though he encloses $1000 to add to the $200 already sent. See Folder 13, Items 27 and 36, for further explanation of this transaction.

13-29 Clark, [Edward White] to [William] Endicott, Jr., Box 1 Folder 13 Philadelphia, 1/1, ALS, January 23, 1867 Date: January 23, 1867

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Clark remits $255 in Garrison Fund subscriptions and lists subscribers.

13-30 Atkinson, W. P. to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Cambridge, Box 1 Folder 13 MA, 1/1, ALS, April 7, 1867 Date: April 7, 1867 Scope and Contents

Atkinson writes about potential subscribers to the Garrison Fund.

13-31 [Quincy, Edmund] to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Dedham, Box 1 Folder 13 MA, 1/1, ALI, February 18, 1867 Date: February 18, 1867 Scope and Contents

Quincy remits $10 for H. W. Richards of Dedham, MA.

13-32 Richardson, D. W. to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Almont, MI, Box 1 Folder 13 1/1, ALS, January 1, 1867 Date: January 1, 1867 Scope and Contents

Richardson remits $15 from three friends for the "Garrison Memorial."

13-33 Williams, J. M. P. to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., 1/1, ALI, Box 1 Folder 13 January 19, 1867 Date: January 19, 1867 Scope and Contents

Williams remits $50 in subscriptions and offers apologies for the small amount.

13-34 Barlow, Francis Channing to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Box 1 Folder 13 Albany, NY, 1/3, ALS, May 4, 1866 Date: May 4, 1866 Scope and Contents

Barlow, a Union general and New York's Secretary of State, writes to say "how much reverence and how grateful" he feels for Garrison. Barlow asserts that he "feels very proud to have my name placed upon the Circular."

13-35 Nichol, Elizabeth Pease to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Box 1 Folder 13 Edinburgh, UK, 1/4, ALS, August 30, 1866

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Nichol, Garrison's close friend and a well-known British reformer, was an advocate of abolition, woman suffrage, and the admission of women to the medical profession, among other things. Her letter enclosed a duplicate draft for 100 pounds.

13-36 Pitman, Isaac to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Providence, RI, Box 1 Folder 13 1/1, ALS, May 29, 1867 Date: May 29, 1867 Scope and Contents

Pitman writes of the Providence list of testimonial subscribers, and the low likelihood of future additions to the list. See Folder 13, Items 27 and 28, for related material.

13-37 Lowell, Misses R. A. and Anna C. to unknown [Rev. Box 1 Folder 13 Samuel May, Jr.?], Roxbury, MA, 1/1, ALS, February 19, 1867 Date: February 19, 1867 Scope and Contents

The Lowells sent a $100 contribution for the Testimonial.

13-38 Webb, [Richard Davis] to [Rev. Samuel May, Jr.?], Box 1 Folder 13 Dublin, Ireland, 1/3, AL, July 9, 1867 Date: July 9, 1867 Scope and Contents

Webb describes Garrison and his family [who are visiting?]. See Folder 14, Item 3, for more information.

13-39 Brooks, [Mary Merrick?] to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Box 1 Folder 13 Concord, MA, 1/2, ALS, April 3, 1867 Date: April 3, 1867 Scope and Contents

Brooks remits $10 from herself and $10 from "Mr. Emerson" [Ralph Waldo Emerson?].

13-40 Crowell, P. S. to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., East Dennis, MA, Box 1 Folder 13 1/1, ALS, April 23, 1867 Date: April 23, 1867

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Crowell remits $50, of which $33 is from himself.

13-41 Wright, David to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Auburn, MA, 1/2, Box 1 Folder 13 ALS, April 17, 1867 Date: April 17, 1867 Scope and Contents

Wright sends $365, $100 of which is from himself.

13-42 Russell, LeBaron to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., [Boston?], 1/1, Box 1 Folder 13 ALS, April 12, 1867 Date: April 12, 1867 Scope and Contents

Russell remits $25 for the testimonial fund.

13-43 Webb, [Edward A.?] to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Keene, Box 1 Folder 13 NH, 1/1, ALS, February 18, 1867 Date: February 18, 1867 Scope and Contents

Webb remits $3 for Frank Faulkner to the testimonial fund.

13-44 D. B. B. to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Lowell, MA, 1/1, ALI, Box 1 Folder 13 February 15, 1867 Date: February 15, 1867 Scope and Contents

D. B. B. remits $1 to the "testimonial to Mr. Garrison."

13-45a Corson, Robert R. to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Philadelphia, Box 1 Folder 13 1/3, ALS, January 22, 1867 Date: January 22, 1867 Scope and Contents

Corson remits $5 from a man [William Dorsey?] who wishes to remain anonymous, and lists another nine individuals who were sick, out of town, evasive or outright refused to contribute to the testimonial.

13-45b Corson, Robert R. to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Box 1 Folder 13 Philadelphia, 1/3, ALS, January 29, 1867 Date: January 29, 1867

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Corson relays that nine more calls produced no further subscriptions.

13-45c Corson, Robert R. to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Philadelphia, Box 1 Folder 13 1/1, ALS, February 2, 1867 Date: February 2, 1867 Scope and Contents

Corson has secured no more subscriptions.

13-46 Cheever, Benjamin to Rev. Samuel May, Jr., Portsmouth, Box 1 Folder 13 NH, fragment, 1/2, ALS, April 8, 1867 Date: April 8, 1867 Scope and Contents

Cheever remits $10 for the testimonial drive.

Letters to Francis Jackson Garrison Box 1 Folder 14 Scope and Contents

Francis Jackson Garrison, nicknamed "Frank", was William Lloyd Garrison's youngest son and biographer.

14-1 Garrison, Frank, notes for a lecture on the [i]Liberator[/i], Box 1 Folder 14 1/2, AN, [post-1879?] Date: [post-1879?] Scope and Contents

Garrison notes he's "glad to talk to Roxbury boys." This and other content suggests the lecture was for schoolboys.

14-2 Garrison, Frank, notes for a lecture on William Lloyd Box 1 Folder 14 Garrison, 3/7, AN, [post-1879] Date: [post-1879] Scope and Contents

A lecture for the Old South Historical Society lecture series, at the behest of the Chandler Central Thinking Club.

14-3 Webb, Richard Davis to Edmund Quincy, Dublin, Ireland, Box 1 Folder 14 1/4, AL, April 26, 1850 Date: April 26, 1850

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Webb tells of his becoming acquainted with Rev. Samuel May [Jr.?].

14-4 Webb, Alfred to Frank Garrison, Dublin, Ireland, 5/20, Box 1 Folder 14 ALS, July 21, 1872 Date: July 21, 1872 Scope and Contents

Webb writes of the last years and days of his father, William Lloyd Garrison's friend Richard Davis Webb.

14-5 May, Abby W. [Abigail Williams] to Frank Garrison, Box 1 Folder 14 [Boston?], 1/3, ALS, January 19, 1882 Date: January 19, 1882 Scope and Contents

May writes that she is sorry to lose [Frank] Garrison from "the Board."

14-6 Wallcut, Robert Folger to Frank and Mary Garrison, Box 1 Folder 14 Boston, 1/2, ALS, July 29, 1882 Date: July 29, 1882 Scope and Contents

Wallcut offers condolences upon hearing of the death of Frank and Mary's son, and fears for Mary's health.

14-7 Greene, [Marie P.?] to unknown [unreadable], 1/3, ALS, Box 1 Folder 14 July 29, 1882 Date: July 29, 1882 Scope and Contents

Letter refers to the death of Frank and Mary Garrison's son, and to Mary's health.

14-8 May, Rev. Samuel, Jr., to William Lloyd Garrison, Jr., Box 1 Folder 14 Leicester, MA, 1/2, ALS, July 31, 1882 Date: July 31, 1882 Scope and Contents

May writes of his great sorrow at Frank Garrison's double loss of his son and wife, and of his fear that due to his emotions he will be unable to complete Frank's one request to "conduct the service."

14-9 Grew, Mary to Frank Garrison, York, ME, 1/2, ALS, July Box 1 Folder 14 31, 1882

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Date: July 31, 1882 Scope and Contents