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Rough draft of letter from William Lloyd Garrison to John Needles, Sept. 2, 1873

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Holograph.Letter written in pencil.William Lloyd Garrison sends his condolences on the death Mr. Needles's mother. Garrison writes: "You do not use extravagant language when you say, that she was 'not a woman in a thousand, but one in a million.' My recollections of her are of the most pleasant kind. ..."On the verso, there is a separate note by Harry C. Hines to William Lloyd Garrison, Aug. 18, 1873, which has been crossed out. Hines asks: "Will you please favor me with your autograph and oblige."
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Correspondence Manuscripts
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Hines, Harry C
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Correspondence
  4. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  5. Hines, Harry C
  6. History
  7. Needles, John 1786 1878
  8. Slaver
  9. United States

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