Lot 28
[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. TAPPAN, Lewis (1788-1873). Autograph letter signed ("Lewis Tappan"), to William Weston PATTON (1821-1889), on abolitionist letterhead. New York, 20 April 1847.
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Feb 28, 2023
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[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. TAPPAN, Lewis (1788-1873). Autograph letter signed ("Lewis Tappan"), to William Weston PATTON (1821-1889), on abolitionist letterhead. New York, 20 April 1847.
1 page, 4to, 7 1/4 x 9 7/8 in., on letterhead with the engraving "A Colored Young Man of the City of New York. 1835." by P. Reason, light creasing.
Tappan writes to his fellow abolitionist, Reverend William Weston Patton: "The anniversary of the American + Foreign Anti Slavery Society is to be held (D.V.) May 11th at the Broadway Tabernacle" and continues with details and an invitation "to deliver one of the addresses say half an hour in length."
Patton was able to accept Tappan's invitation, as reported in an extensive article on the meeting in the New York Daily Herald on 12 May 1847.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents
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