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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on blue paper. Above the salutation the number "156" is written in pencil, while in the tail- spine corner of the first page, "81A" is also written in pencil.George Thompson writes to William Lloyd Garrison that he "feel[s] very low & very lonely" since Garrison left Manchester he and shares his wish that he could accompany him on his "journeyings in my country". He then writes about his days of "rest and relaxation" at "the pleasant country house" of his friend and reflects on his own role in the antislavery movement. He remaks that these memories are "unspeakably consoling, that the work in which I took such delight is done - that the prison doors have been opened, and the oppressed have gone out free". In the postscript, Thompson gives his plans to travel to Leeds before returning to London "sufficiently restored".

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