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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02448.06 |
| From Archive Folder | Abolitionists collection: letters and documents |
| Title | William Lloyd Garrison to Joseph Ricketson accepting an invitation to lecture before the New Bedford Lyceum |
| Date | 4 December 1847 |
| Author | Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879) |
| Recipient | Ricketson, Joseph |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | 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. |
| Subjects | Health and Medical Abolition Slavery Reform Movement African American History |
| People | Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879) Ricketson, Joseph (1815-1876) Wright, Henry Clarke (1797-1870) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Wright was an abolitionist who edited Garrison's publications. Ricketson was an abolitionist from New Bedford, Massachusetts. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |