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Higginson, Thomas W., 1823-1911 to Wendell P. Garrison

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08937 Author/Creator: Higginson, Thomas W., 1823-1911 Place Written: Newport, Rhode Island Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 January 1868 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 15 cm, Width: 11.7 cm Order a Copy

Writes to Garrison, the son of William Lloyd Garrison, about the "Slave Songs" Garrison sent him: "I certainly ought to have acknowledged the receipt of the Slave Songs...I think that you and your wife (who was the pioneer) have great reason to be satisfied...I was very sorry, though, not to see the works militant music."

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911
Garrison, Wendell Phillips, 1840-1907

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