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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on blue paper with a watermark depicting a seated woman under a crown, above the number "1855". Along the head edge, "Lib. 29:35", "10", and "Jan. 31 1859" are both written in pencil, while in the tail- spine corner, "11" is also written in pencil. There are also numerous annotations made in pencil throughout the letter, most often inserting commas and crossing out letters that are not included in the American spelling of specific words. The page seems to be a fragment of a letter as it begins mid-sentence and lacks a salutation.In this fragment of a letter, George Thompson writes to William Lloyd Garrison discussing his health problems, and saying that while he has had "many invitations to take a share in the agitation now going on on the Reform question" he must decline them due to his poor health. He states that since he cannot work he has lost his income and "cannot hope for any from a new source until the reestablishment of" his health. He tells Garrison that he did not receive the portratis of Garrison's children from Samuel May, but that Garrison has "fixed their images in my mind by your own pen and ink portraits." Thompson then reminisces about his time spent with Garrison and his family at their home in Roxbury and sends his wishes to his friends in Boston.

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