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70796c89x
label
Presentation and farewell meeting!!
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document
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1
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id
70796c89x
contentType
document
stage
normalized
title
Presentation and farewell meeting!!
description
Title from item.
date
["[1849]"]
year
1849
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Antislavery movements--Massachusetts--Boston
Colored Citizens of Boston
Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Ephemera
genreSpecific
Broadsides
typeOfResource
Text
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
extent
1 broadside ; 43 x 51 cm.
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no
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
ht24xg10q
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
notes
Title from item.
Full text of this broadside reads: "Presentation and farewell meeting!! At Washington Hall, Bromfield Street, on Monday evening next, July 16, 1849, under auspices of the Colored Citizens of Boston, who will then present a silver pitcher to the champion of universal emancipation, W. Lloyd Garrison. After which a farewell will be tendered to William W. Brown, who is about to leave for Europe. Several early laborers in behalf of the Liberator are expected to be present. The exercises, to be blended with appropriate music, will commence at 7 1-2 o'clock. It is hoped that the occasion will commend itself to the special attendance of every true friend of the Anti-Slavery cause. A collection will be taken to defray expenses--the surplus to be appropriated in aid of Mr. Brown's mission ..."
publisher
Rand & Co.
pubPlace
[Boston]
dcId
70796c89x
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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