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    "title": "Letter from John Bishop Estlin, Bristol, to Samuel May, October 29th, 1844",
    "description": "Estlin sends May twelve packages of the hair of Raja Rammohun Roy, a Hindu reformer, to be offered for sale at the Anti-Slavery Fair. He credits William James with assembling the offerings of the English abolitionists to the Fair and inquires as to which items sold best. He says that the English Unitarian clergymen feel mistreated in regard to the Address on Slavery.",
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        "Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century",
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