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Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, 18 Feb[ruary], 1864

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Letter addressed from Anti-Slavery Office.Oliver Johnson relays his enthusiasm for hosting a reception for George Thompson upon the latter's arrival to New York, and reports that Wendell Phillips raised the matter with Frank W. Ballard of the Young Men's Republican Union, who has seized the initiative and extended an invitation to Thompson. Johnson confesses his preference that the invitation would had "gone from a less radical body, or been engineered by less radical men". Johnson suggests that Thompson refrain from voicing his support for Abraham Lincoln, opining that bringing the contentious issue of the election into the discussion would distract from Thompson's abolitionist message.
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. American Anti Slavery Society
  3. Antislavery Movements
  4. Congresses
  5. Congresses And Conventions
  6. Correspondence
  7. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  8. History
  9. Johnson, Oliver 1809 1889
  10. Lincoln, Abraham 1809 1865
  11. New York Young Men's Republican Union
  12. Phillips, Wendell 1811 1884
  13. Slaver
  14. Sumner, Charles 1811 1874
  15. Thompson, George 1804 1878
  16. United States

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