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Holograph.
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Document identity
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6h441222t
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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Roxbury, [Mass.], to Samuel May, Oct. 25, 1870
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document
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1
Source metadata
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6h441222t
contentType
document
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normalized
title
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Roxbury, [Mass.], to Samuel May, Oct. 25, 1870
description
Holograph.
date
["October 25, 1870"]
year
1870
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3135239
creators
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
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
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Dow, Joseph, 1819-1880
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 (3 p.) ; 8 x 5 in.
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yes
Source extras
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sf268508b
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ht24xg10q
notes
Holograph.
This unfinished letter was presumably addressed to Samuel May Jr.
William Lloyd Garrison describes his sufferings caused by eczema: "At the end of a fortnight I was measurably relieved of the pressure; but there followed throughout my system, leaving not an inch exempted, a most intolerable burning and itching, which continued night and day, (more aggravated in the night,) and which nothing alleviated whether the varied treatment was internally or externally applied. The torment was like unto the 'everlasting burnings' of the Calvinistic place of punishment for the incorrigibly impenitent: it almost drove me frantic. ..." Garrison did not receive a permanent benefit from Dr. Dow's treatment.
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Roxbury, [Mass.]
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6h441222t
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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