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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Cambridgeport, [Mass.], to George William Benson, April 11, 1842

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Holograph, signed.William Lloyd Garrison begins this letter by discussing the financial affairs of George William Benson's cousin Thurber. Since hearing that the Eastern New York Anti-Slavery Society is to be formed in the old organization basis, William L. Garrison is going to Albany, NY. He does not know if Charles Lenox Remond can go. He will visit George William Benson on his return. Garrison is suffering from scrofula; his son Willie is sick with a fever. Brother James is sometimes quite feeble. Garrison fears that Henry Clarke Wright's mission will fail from want of funds.Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.3, no.30.
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. Albany
  3. Antislavery Movements
  4. Benson, George William 1808 1879
  5. Correspondence
  6. Garrison, James Holley 1801 1842
  7. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  8. Garrison, William Lloyd 1838 1909
  9. History
  10. New York (State)
  11. Remond, Charles Lenox 1810 1873
  12. Slaver
  13. United States
  14. Wright, Henry Clarke 1797 1870

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