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Letter from William Francis Channing, Providence, R.I., to Lucy Stone, Oct[ober] 21 - 1878

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.William Francis Channing sends his thanks to Lucy Stone for her invitation to the "Garrison greeting", but states that it is not possible for he and his wife to attend. Channing writes that the city of Boston should "indeed show honor" to Garrison, and marvels at how "wonderful the contrast" between the present public opinion of Garrison and that of the earliest days of the antislavery movement, and labels Garrison's life a lesson in "faith, hope & courage". Channing offers his regrets at being unable to attend the suffrage convention when Stone was in Providence, and states that the Woman's Congress did a "great enlightening work".
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Channing, William F. (William Francis) 1820 1901
  4. Congresses
  5. Congresses And Conventions
  6. Correspondence
  7. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  8. History
  9. Massachusetts Abolitionist
  10. Public Opinion
  11. Slaver
  12. Social Reformers
  13. Stone, Lucy 1818 1893
  14. Suffrage
  15. Suffragists
  16. United States
  17. Women
  18. Women Abolitionists
  19. Women's Rights

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