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    "title": "Letter from Eliza Wigham, Edinburgh, to Samuel May, 24.3.1859",
    "description": "Miss Wigham sends money to William Shreve Bailey of Newport, Kentucky. She asks about May's son and mentions Sarah Parker Remond's success in Lancashire. Miss Wigham says that George Thompson's employers were very kind to him.",
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        "Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century",
        "Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century",
        "Antislavery movements--United States",
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