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Letter from Oliver Johnson, [Place of publication not identified], to William Lloyd Garrison, Sept[ember] 7, 1854

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Oliver Johnson requests that William Lloyd Garrison "read this hurried note to Phillips", as he is anxious to finalize the schedule of their respective lectures. Johnson mentions that he was recently in Chester County, Pennsylvania, where the cornerstone for the new meeting house for the Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends was laid. Johnson states that "aspects of this new religious movement are very encouraging." Johnson closes by announcing that either he or Sydney Howard Gay will be able to attend the "Syracuse meeting".
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Correspondence
  4. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  5. Gay, Sydney Howard 1814 1888
  6. History
  7. Johnson, Oliver 1809 1889
  8. Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting Of Progressive Friends (1853 1940)
  9. Phillips, Wendell 1811 1884
  10. Slaver
  11. Slavery And The Church
  12. Society Of Friends
  13. United States

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