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Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 Gerrit Smith and the vigilant association of the City of New York.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04717.06 Author/Creator: Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 1860 Pagination: 1 v. : 29 p. : Height: 15 cm, Width: 9.9 cm Order a Copy

Published by John A. Gray, printer. Includes correspondence related to a law suit in which Gerrit Smith accuses several individuals of libel. In a manifesto, members of the Vigilant Association linked Smith's name with the Central Association, a charge which Smith denies. Smith's defenders call the linking of Smith with the Central Association "wholesale murder upon Mr. Smith's reputation."

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Gray, John A., (printer), fl. 1855-1860

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