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Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 to the Editor of the Tribune

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07483.06 Author/Creator: Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 5, 1864 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 12.5 cm Order a Copy

Complains that the Tribune misused a statement made by him to Wendell Phillips at the recent meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. The statement concerned John C. Fremont, who was active in the Radical Republicans, a group of hard-line abolitionists upset with Lincoln's position toward slavery. Demands that the Tribune insert a correction and print what was said as per the official report of the proceedings of the Society. Signed on first page but one line written on verso, "Mr. Garrison said - I wish to propose, &c."

Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884

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