hide Matching Documents

The documents where this entity occurs most often are shown below. Click on a document to open it.

Document Max. Freq Min. Freq
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1 34 0 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2 12 0 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4 12 0 Browse Search
Archibald H. Grimke, William Lloyd Garrison the Abolitionist 8 0 Browse Search
James Parton, Horace Greeley, T. W. Higginson, J. S. C. Abbott, E. M. Hoppin, William Winter, Theodore Tilton, Fanny Fern, Grace Greenwood, Mrs. E. C. Stanton, Women of the age; being natives of the lives and deeds of the most prominent women of the present gentlemen 4 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 0 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4 2 0 Browse Search
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 7. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier) 2 0 Browse Search
View all matching documents...

Browsing named entities in Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1. You can also browse the collection for Robert Purvis or search for Robert Purvis in all documents.

Your search returned 17 results in 4 document sections:

Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1, Chapter 9: organization: New-England Anti-slavery Society.—Thoughts on colonization.—1832. (search)
Philadelphia during the next fortnight; and having accepted an invitation to be the guest of Robert Purvis A son-in-law of James Forten. Ms. May 30, 1832. during his stay in that city, he set ol worth, and in all that makes the human character worthy of admiration and praise. And to Mr. Purvis himself he writes, immediately upon his return home: The very generous and unremitted exere Liberator its life: It was with much delicacy of feeling, writes Mr. Garrison Ms. to Robert Purvis, Dec. 10, 1832, and a strong reluctance, that we addressed our Circular to some of ourGarrison's private correspondence will fitly close the present chapter. In his June letter to Mr. Purvis, reference is made to a project partly fulfilled by the subsequent tour along the New England think of my own past apathy, and mourn in view of my poverty of thought and language. To Robert Purvis, December 10, 1832: This is my twenty-eighth birthday! See ante, p. 57. I am startled
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1, Chapter 10: Prudence Crandall.—1833. (search)
ion, but shall consult to-day or to-morrow with friends Forten, Cassey, Hinton, Purvis, etc. I am glad to find that the mission meets with a general approval. At the request of Mr. Purvis, I have been sitting for my portrait, and the artist (Brewster） Edmund Brewster, uncle of the eminent lawyer (President Arthur's Attorney-Gephia. The return was by another, with a view to eluding possible pursuit. Robert Purvis, acting on the suggestion of Lewis Tappan, drove Mr. Garrison with a fast hity to witness the pretty spectacle from a nearer point than the river road. Mr. Purvis accordingly turned his horse to the bank, where the view was unobstructed, bu jaded animal refused to go forward and began to back. Realizing the danger, Mr. Purvis jumped from the carriage, but Mr. Garrison sat in apparent indifference (probade a timely escape, the horse being stopped just on the brink. Related by Mr. Purvis in 1881. From New York Mr. Garrison proceeded once more to New Haven, to
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1, Chapter 12: American Anti-slavery Society.—1833. (search)
resident Lincoln's emancipation proclamation. At this writing (May, 1885), Elizur Wright, Jr., J. G. Whittier, and Robert Purvis alone survive. The Quaker element was naturally prominent. Besides those already mentioned, Maine sent Joseph Southw p. 244). William Green, Jr., Abraham L. Cox, William Goodell, Elizur Wright, Jr., George Bourne, Charles W. Denison, Robert Purvis, and James Miller McKim. On the second day, too, a handful of women, all members of the Society of Friends—Lucretia with him, even into the imminent breach, although there may be professed friends who stand back because of him. Robert Purvis, A colored gentleman of Philadelphia, whose talents and gentlemanly deportment have won the esteem of all who know hbut they broke down. David Paul Brown, Esq., was to have made a speech, but failed them, in consequence of a letter from Purvis (Ms. Dec. 12, 1833, Dr. Cox to W. L. G.). The significant articles of the Constitution of the American Anti-Slavery
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1, Chapter 13: Marriage.—shall the Liberator die?—George Thompson.—1834. (search)
e paper could not pay its expenses; the arrears were excessive. The editor was again seriously contemplating giving it up, and again negotiating with the New England Anti-Slavery Society to get rid of the Ms. Nov. 10, 1834, Geo. Thompson to R. Purvis. bookkeeping, money-getting part of the business. He also approached the American Anti-Slavery Society, with the result of an offer on its part to purchase a certain Ms. Dec. 20, 1834, from A. L. Cox. number of the anti-slavery publications sympathy, urged Mr. Garrison to put delicacy aside, and quit his post for a few months and make a lecturing tour for the avowed purpose of gaining support for his Liberator. Finally, George Thompson, now Mr. Garrison's Ms. Nov. 10, 1834, to R. Purvis. neighbor in Roxbury, and the confidant of his despair concerning his pecuniary prospects, exerted all his eloquence to arouse the abolitionists to a sense of their duty to the Liberator—a sense which had been weakened by the very success of th