[Letter to] Dear Helen
Contributors: Garrison, Helen Eliza, 1811-1876, recipient
Series: William Lloyd Garrison Correspondence (1823-1879)
Published: 1847
Place of publication: New Lyme, (Ohio)
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Correspondence; Western Anti-slavery Society; Abolitionists; Secession; Liberty Party (U.S. : 1840-1848); Antislavery movements; History
Notes: Holograph, signed.

In Hartford, Ohio, William Lloyd Garrison gave a brief talk on phonography. He arrived in New Lyme for the anniversary of the Western Anti-Slavery Society. Just after his arrival, there were severe rainstorms. The great tent that was set up to hold a large audience was blown down and had to be put up again with great effort. A large concourse of people attended the meetings, including Congressmen Giddings and Tilden. A poetic welcome was written by Benjamin S. Jones and sung by a choir. Yesterday, 4,000 people attended. Frederick Douglass, Stephen S. Foster, and William Lloyd Garrison spoke in favor of disunion; Mr. Joshua R. Giddings spoke against disunion. The Liberty Party abolitionists are more friendly than those of their party in the East. The convention in Painesville begins tomorrow; the speaking schedule is busy, with little time for breaks between meetings. The reception was very kind. Money contributions to the cause are less liberal than those made in the East.

Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.3, no.210.