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Holograph, signed.
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cv43rc71z
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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to George William Benson, April 20, 1848, 3 o'clock, morning
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cv43rc71z
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title
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to George William Benson, April 20, 1848, 3 o'clock, morning
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["April 20, 1848"]
year
1848
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
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no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3134767
creators
Benson, George William, 1808-1879
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
Benson, George William, 1808-1879
Garrison, Elizabeth Pease, 1846-1848
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
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.) ; 9 3/4 x 7 5/8 in.
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yes
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sf268508b
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ht24xg10q
notes
Holograph, signed.
William Lloyd Garrison's baby Elizabeth Pease Garrison died at 1 o'clock this morning. He describes her illness, frailty, and death. For a month, Garrison's house has been like a hospital, violently sick with influenza. William L. Garrison describes his symptoms and ailments. Garrison meditates on life in a spiritual body: "By and by we shall all throw off this robe of mortality, and thus be delivered from 'the ills that flesh is heir to.' To exist in a spiritual body, subject to no sickness or decay, is an animating thought, and may well reconcile us to a temporary sojourn here, while it makes the act of earthly dissolution far from being an event to be deplored." Henry C. Wright returned last night and is staying with William L. Garrison.
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Boston, [Mass.]
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cv43rc71z
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document
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1
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