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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on blue paper. Under the salutation the number "129" is written in pencil. On verso, along the spine edge, "Nov. 7, 1862" is written in pencil, vertically.In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, George Thompson writes about receiving William A. Jackson, "the coachman of the Confederate President Jefferson Davis", at his home. Thompson relates that for 6 hours he "was engaged in taking notes of his history from his birth until his reaching my dwelling." He tells Garrison that he will work to find opportunites for Jackson to lecture in England if "there exists sufficient amount of curiosity to draw the people out to hear him." Thompson then summarizes his efforts to support the Union during the American Civil War through lecturing "to correct public sentiment." He criticizes British newpapers for not supporting the Union, like the London American, which he says has "done far more harm than good to their cause" by allowing the "outpourings of G.F. Train & the slanderous attacks upon the Abolitionists of their New York correspondent." Thompson points out that even "the Committee of the B[ritish] & F[oreign] Antislavery Society has done nothing" and declares, "I have stood alone" in defense of the Union.

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