Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Roxbury, [Mass.], to Fanny Garrison Villard, Nov. 26, 1876
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Holograph, signed "Your loving Father."Letter written in pencil.The train from New York traveled 44 miles, from Worcester to Boston, in 68 minutes. Francis Jackson Garrison met William Lloyd Garrison at the train station. William L. Garrison attended the funeral of Mrs. Jenkins. William L. Garrison says that "Mrs. Dall's father is dead." Joseph Ricketson died. William L. Garrison invited Charlotte Coffin to Thanksgiving dinner. William L. Garrison writes: "This forenoon Frank took young Gissing on a pedestrian excursion to Corey's Hill; after which they went to hear Mr. Vicent's friend, Rev. Reuel Thomas, preach, near by. The discourse was extremely orthodox. Frank has just gone to make a call upon Caroline Thayer."
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- Abolitionists
- Antislavery Movements
- Coffin, Charlotte 1809 1889
- Correspondence
- Garrison, Francis Jackson 1848 1916
- Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
- History
- Jenkins, Mrs. D. 1876
- Ricketson, Joseph 1815 1876
- Slaver
- Thayer, Caroline C. 1891
- United States
- Villard, Fanny Garrison 1844 1928