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Holograph, signed with initialsThe last letter from Fanny Garrison Villard arrived ten days late, which "added something to a depression of spirits which she [Mrs. Helen Eliza Garrison] has felt for a fortnight past---mainly, owing, however, to her system being so thoroughly 'stirred up' from the course of magnetic treatment which she is trying, and from which we are hoping for favorable results." William Lloyd Garrison misses Fanny Garrison Villard and Francis Jackson Garrison. He hopes that Miss Wiggin will stay on as Mrs. Helen Eliza Garrison's companion through the winter. He gives a long account of a seance with a spiritualist medium named Mrs. Peabody. Henry Villard will no doubt laugh at Mrs. Peabody's predictions. William L. Garrison called on Samuel May Sr. to congratulate him on his ninetieth birthday. He comments on life, death, and immortality. He speaks affectionately of Agnes Garrison. He describes President Johnson's message to Congress as "subdued and measured." Dr. John L. Rock died. Henry Vincent, an English lecturer, gave an eloquent address. William L. Garrison asks: "We should like to know, when you or Fanny write again, whether Harry goes by the name of Villard or Hilgard in Munich." The weather is very mild. William Lloyd Garrison Jr.'s wool business is very dull. The National Testimonial has not made much progress. George Thompson "lectured to a rather dull and cold audience, at Fitchburg, last Sunday evening." Mrs. Helen Eliza Garrison sympathizes with Henry Villard's aunt "in her affliction."Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William...
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- Abolitionists
- Antislavery Movements
- Garrison, Agnes, 1866 1950
- Garrison, Francis Jackson, 1848 1916
- Garrison, Helen Eliza, 1811 1876
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805 1879
- Johnson, Andrew, 1808 1875
- Magnetotherapy
- May, Samuel, 1776 1870
- Rock, John L
- Slaver
- Spiritualism
- Thompson, George, 1804 1878
- Villard, Fanny Garrison, 1844 1928
- Villard, Henry, 1835 1900
- Vincent, Henry, 1813 1878
- Wiggin, Miss