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Letter from Andrew Paton, Glasgow, [Scotland], to William Lloyd Garrison, 7th March 1851

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Manuscript annotated on recto, with "8" in pencil beneath Paton's salutation to Garrison.Manuscript addressed on recto to "Mr Wm Lloyd Garrison Boston US".Andrew Paton writes William Lloyd Garrison appraising him of the happenings of their "Edin[burgh] friends", not desiring that Garrison show misconstrue what is transpiring. Paton sends to Garrison the Daily Mail of March 1st containing the letter of William Craft, and adds that Craft neglected to mention the founding of the Boston Vigilance Committee by members of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Paton states that he has read that the New York Vigilance Committee plans to hold a bazaar in Brooklyn, and advises Garrison to read Gerrit Smith's letters on the new society.
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. American Anti Slavery Society
  3. Anti Slavery Fairs
  4. Antislavery Movements
  5. Correspondence
  6. Craft, William
  7. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  8. History
  9. Liberty Bell (Boston, Mass.)
  10. Massachusetts
  11. Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society
  12. New York
  13. Paton, Andrew 1805 1884
  14. Scotland
  15. Slaver
  16. Smith, Gerrit 1797 1874
  17. Social Reformers
  18. Societies
  19. Societies, Etc
  20. United States
  21. Vigilance Committee (Boston, Mass.)
  22. Vigilance Committees
  23. Vigilant Association Of The City Of New York

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