Lithographic reproduction

This circular letter was signed by William Lloyd Garrison, Maria Weston Chapman, and Edmund Quincy. The text of the letter appears to be William Lloyd Garrison's handwriting. In the letter, they make an appeal for funds issued by the New England Non-Resistance Society. "We have neither time nor space to expatiate upon the infinite importance of the principles we hold, & which we would fain apply to the business of the world as well as to the regulation of our individual hearts & lives -- principles, the adoption or rejection of which, will we are abused determine the happiness or the misery of the human race throughout all time, & whose influences will reach beyond the bounds of time & stretch far into the endless ages of eternity." The Society was formed to urge all men to return to the "law of love." The mention the need for funds to support the Non-Resistant

On verso, the delivery address is: George W. Benson, Brooklyn, Connecticut

For another copy of this circular letter, see Ms.A.1.2 v.8, p.12

plus-circle Add Review

comment

Reviews