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Holograph, signed with initials.
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cv43rs29f
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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Longwood, [Pa.], to Helen Eliza Garrison, June 8, 1865
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cv43rs29f
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document
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normalized
title
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Longwood, [Pa.], to Helen Eliza Garrison, June 8, 1865
description
Holograph, signed with initials.
date
["June 8, 1865"]
year
1865
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3135004
creators
Garrison, Helen Eliza, 1811-1876
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
Spiritualism
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Garrison, Helen Eliza, 1811-1876
Cox, John, 1786-1880
Villard, Fanny Garrison, 1844-1928
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
Smith, Victoria Knight, d. 1865
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Hutchinson Family (Singers)
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
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Correspondence
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Text
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1
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1 leaf (4 p.) ; 8 1/8 x 5 in.
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yes
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sf268508b
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ht24xg10q
notes
Holograph, signed with initials.
William Lloyd Garrison is staying with John and Hannah Cox in Longwood, Pa. He was present at the burial of Mrs. Victoria Smith, the niece of Mrs. Oliver Johnson. Mrs. Victoria Smith was a believer in Spiritualism. Joshua Hutchinson sang a hymn for the occasion. George Thompson suffers from vertigo. Garrison regrets that his daughter Fanny was unable to get ready in time to go to Longwood. The summer season is more advanced than usual. William Lloyd Garrison discusses the electric shock medical treatments that his wife Helen Eliza Garrison is receiving: "As to yourself, every day brings you a shock; but as it is of an electric nature, and curative or partly remedial in its operation, I can only wish that you may have a shocking time of it to the end! Work with your willpower all you can in furtherance of the Doctor's efforts, and resolve that, so far as you are concerned at least, there shall be no such word as failure."
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Longwood, [Pa.]
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cv43rs29f
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document
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1
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photo
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