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Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 to Reverend Putnam

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09167 Author/Creator: Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 November 1866 Pagination: 3 p. : Order a Copy

"All that you said of Massachusetts...was true to the letter...she has always been the foremost state of the Union. How intensely has South Carolina - - slavery cursed, degraded, barbarous South Carolina - - hated her from the beginning!"

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