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Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 to Aaron M. Powell

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08958 Author/Creator: Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 June 1862 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 13 cm Order a Copy

Discusses an abolitionist meeting he attended, where a memorial was drafted calling on President Lincoln to immediately abolish slavery. Now in New York, an "immense, dirty, bustling, turbulent city." Says of Theodore Tilton, one of his companions at the meeting "should his life be spared, he is destined to be 'a burning and a shining light' in the cause of humanity and progress."

Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Powell, Aaron Macy, 1832-1899
Tilton, Theodore, 1835-1907

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