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date
"October 15, 1858"
notes
"Handwritten copy of letter; not William Lloyd Garrison's handwriting. This letter is a narrative of William Lloyd Garrison's tour through Pennsylvania to Ohio, \"with special reference to the Anniversaries of the Pennsylvania and Ohio Anti-Slavery Societies.\" He mentions the hospitality of James S. Gibbons and Abby H. Gibbons. He met Mrs. Sedgwick of Lenox and Mr. Henry Bleby, a missionary from Barbados. Friends assembled at J. Miller M'Kim's house in Germantown, including James Mott and Lucretia Mott. A possible reason for the small attendance at the West Chester meeting was that a horticultural fair was just held there with a large attendance and the nearby farming population did not have more leisure time to attend the anti-slavery meeting. The testimony of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society was in favor of the dissolution of the Union. Garrison denies the anti-slavery character of the U.S. Constitution. He tells of Robert Collyer's advocacy of singing before unmusical Quakers. Garrison had a small meeting in Harrisburg. The West is in a state of depression. Letter printed in The Liberator, Oct. 22, 1858; also in the National Anti-Slavery Standard, Oct. 30, 1858."
title
"Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Salem (Ohio), to the Liberator, Oct. 15th, 1858 [Part 11 of 11]"
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"08_07_017768.jpg"
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"08_07_017769.jpg"
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creators
"Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 (Author); Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831) (Addressee)"
language
"English"
#group_id
"85769"
publisher
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#internal_id
"commonwealth:cv43qz833"
original_url
"https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cv43qz833"
#id_local_call
"Ms.A.1.1 v.5, p.76"
#repository_id
"commonwealth:cv43qz833"
#id_local_other
"2822592"
#id_local_barcode
"39999066753177; mq8876105"
#id_local_accession
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physical_description
"26 p. ; 8 3/8 x 5 in."