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Source Description
Holograph, signed "Your loving Father."
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Document identity
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6h441b950
label
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, New York, to Francis Jackson Garrison, May 7, 1878
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document
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1
Source metadata
id
6h441b950
contentType
document
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normalized
title
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, New York, to Francis Jackson Garrison, May 7, 1878
description
Holograph, signed "Your loving Father."
date
["May 7, 1878"]
year
1878
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3135451
creators
Garrison, Francis Jackson, 1848-1916
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
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Garrison, Francis Jackson, 1848-1916
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Thompson, Anne Erskine Spry, d. 1878
Gibbons, J. S. (James Sloan), 1810-1892
Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
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Correspondence
Manuscripts
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Text
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1
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extent
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 8 x 5 in.
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yes
Source extras
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sf268508b
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ht24xg10q
notes
Holograph, signed "Your loving Father."
William Lloyd Garrison feels that the death of Mrs. George Thompson was a release from suffering. He sympathizes with her bereaved husband. William L. Garrison had dinner with Mr. and Mrs. James S. Gibbons. He tells of his sight-seeing trips and social calls. Oswald G. Villard has contracted scarlet fever.
Accompanied by an envelope addressed to: Frank J. Garrison, (Care of Houghton, Osgood & Co.,), Boston, Mass.
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New York
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6h441b950
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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71ae9415652d04d5