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Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, 28 Aug[ust], 1862

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Oliver Johnson writes to William Lloyd Garrison seeking editorial advice and hoping to arrive at a "concurrence of judgement" concerning the controversy that has erupted between Joseph Howland and Samuel May, Jr., with the former accusing the latter of acting inconsistently regarding his principles for his exhortation towards enlistment in the Union Army. Johnson states that Howland attempted to press him into publishing the letter he had written attacking May's position prior to Johnson's having been able to seek a response from May (wishing to print both the initial letter and May's response concurrently in the Standard), but now questions the wisdom of prolonging the controversy following Garrison's publication of Howland's letter in the Liberator. Johnson closes by alerting Garrison of an upcoming convention at Ellenville, N.Y., where the speakers will include Parker Pillsbury, Susan B. Anthony, and Aaron Powell. Johnson states that he fears that they shall act and speak in a manner that is detrimental to the credibility of the cause, and that they could possibly draw the ire of the War Department.
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. American Anti Slavery Society
  3. Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell) 1820 1906
  4. Antislavery Movements
  5. Civil War
  6. Civil War, 1861 1865
  7. Congresses
  8. Congresses And Conventions
  9. Correspondence
  10. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  11. History
  12. Howland, Joseph A. (Joseph Avery) 1821 1889
  13. Johnson, Oliver 1809 1889
  14. May, Samuel, Jr. 1810 1899
  15. Pillsbury, Parker 1809 1898
  16. Powell, Aaron M. (Aaron Macy) 1832 1899
  17. Slaver
  18. United States
  19. Women
  20. Women Abolitionists

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