Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879) to Joseph Ricketson
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02448.06 Author/Creator: Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 December 1847 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 25 x 20.3 cm. Order a Copy
Accepts Ricketson's invitation to lecture before the New Bedford Lyceum, if his health permits. Exclaims, "Would that U could be an attendant at your anti-slavery meetings, to be held to-day and to-morrow in your place!" Notes that his friend, the bearer of this note, H. C. Wright (possibly Henry C. Wright) will be at the meetings.
Wright was an abolitionist who edited Garrison's publications. Ricketson was an abolitionist from New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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