Grant, Alexander

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.On verso, the letter is addressed "To William Lloyd Garrison Esqr Boston (U.S.)" and two halves of a red seal are present along the fore and spine edges.Alexander Grant writes to William Lloyd Garrison sending him a Montreal newspaper containing an address he delivered, saying it was his "duty to make [the address] on the noble occasion to which it alludes." He tells Garrison that if he "approve[s] of the Sentiments" in his address he can publish it in the Liberator. In the postscript, Grant states that he received some publications from Isaac Knapp the preceding year and that if he were to receive the Liberator he hopes "it will open the Eyes of many in this Province to Subscribe to those Principles which are dear to my Heart."

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