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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Legacy catalog card identifies the place of publication of this manuscript as "Andover".Legacy catalog card identifies the date of publication of this manuscript as "Dec. 1853".Legacy catalog card contains a note stating "On microfilm RBD 488."Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper stationery with the embossed initials "HBS" appearing along the head edge of pages 1, 5, 9, 11, and 13. In the head- spine corner of the first page, a checkmark is drawn next to the number "117", both in pencil. In the head- fore corner of the first page, "Ms.A.1.2 v23 p117" is written in pencil above the phrase "Andover, Mass., Dec., 1853. after Dec. 23", also in pencil. Under the salutation, "238" is written in pencil. The different leaves are numbered in pencil in the head- fore corner, with page three labeled "1A", page 4 numbered "2", page 6 numbered "2A", page 9 numbered "3", page 11 numbered "4", and page 13 numbered "5". Along the spine edge of pages 4, 8, and 10, "MS A.1.2 v.23 p.117 4 pts" is written in pencil vertically, facing the fore edge of the page.In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Beecher Stowe acknowledges Garrison's letter published in the Liberator on December 23, 1853 in reply to her letter, and she says she did not reply immediately as she "did not wish to speak on so important a subject unadvisedly & without proper thought & reflection." Stowe writes...

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