[Letter to] My Dear Friend Garrison
Contributors: Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879. recipient
Series: William Lloyd Garrison Correspondence (1823-1879)
Published: 1847
Place of publication: Leominster, [Mass.]
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Correspondence; History; Antislavery movements; Abolitionists
Description: Frances H. Drake tells of the great success of [Parker] Pillsbury's three day campaign for the abolitionist cause. Initially, Pillsbury was detested in Leominster. But after hearing him, the people were enthusiastic. Drake elaborates: "I have been equally determined they should like both him & his truths. I longed for an opportunity for him to present his views, the time has come, he has spoken & to the purpose too. The blind have received their sight. Anti-slavery never stood so high in this town as today." Drake invites William Lloyd Garrison to lecture in Leominster: "The field is white already to harvest. The people are ripe, 'rotten ripe' for truth & I say let it come in your person. Now is just the day for you." Drake asks Garrison if he is coming to Leominster to lecture on Saturday of next week.
Notes: Holograph, signed.