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Holograph, signed.
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6h441414j
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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Roxbury, [Mass.], to Oliver Johnson, Jan. 13, 1873
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6h441414j
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document
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normalized
title
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Roxbury, [Mass.], to Oliver Johnson, Jan. 13, 1873
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["January 13, 1873"]
year
1873
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
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no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3135277
creators
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Christian union
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
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Correspondence
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1 leaf (4 p.) ; 8 x 5 in.
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notes
Holograph, signed.
William Lloyd Garrison begins this letter to Oliver Johnson: "Accept my special thanks for your letter of Thursday, urging me to write my autobiography, with particular reference to certain phases of the Anti-Slavery struggle. Out of my regard to your opinion and that of other cherished friends, I cannot say nay; yet I am not quite ready to respond affirmatively in a public manner, lest nothing should come of it." Garrison doubts such a book would sell, and his memory is not equal to the task. The postman just brought two overdue copies of the Christian Union. Garrison does not share Oliver Johnson's admiration for Horace Greeley, who has just died.
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Roxbury, [Mass.]
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6h441414j
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document
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