"Holograph, signed. Title devised by cataloger. Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on blue paper with a small checkmark drawn in pencil in the head- spine corner. Along the spine edge of the first page, the number \"76\" is written in pencil, while on the verso, along the spine edge, the phrase \"Gerrit Smith - Peterboro', June 16, 1853.\" is written vertically in pencil. On the third page is a printed sheet, entitled \"Do Not Lose Your Lands!\" which explains that parcels of land \"which Gerrit Smith has given away to poor and worthy white and colored men, were advertised to be sold for taxes.\" It advises anyone who bought these parcels from Smith to pay taxes to the state while advertising another land sale Smith is planning for \"the latter part of the present year\". This printed page is dated \"Syracuse, March 1, 1853\" and carries the names \"Samuel May, Chas. A. Wheaton, [and] Abner Bates.\""
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"Letter from Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, [New York], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1853 June 16"
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creators
"Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 (Author); Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 (Addressee)"
