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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Roxbury, [Mass.], to Francis Jackson Garrison, April 16, 1867

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Holograph, signed with initials.Major George Luther Stearns died; he was John Brown's right hand man. William Lloyd Garrison is looking forward to seeing Francis Jackson Garrison and the Villards. Mrs. Helen Eliza Garrison's leg ulcer is healing. William L. Garrison writes: "Miss Wiggins leaves us to-day, after a visit of four months." Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Johnson arrived for a visit yesterday. R. W. Emerson spoke at George Luther Stearn's funeral. A temperance meeting in honor of Senator Henry Wilson was held in Tremont Temple. Garrison says: "Black has taken the best photograph of me that I have had taken. I shall bring some copies with me." Billings's portrait of him is good. The National Testimonial will be presented on May 1.Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.5, no.194.
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Black, James Wallace 1825 1896
  4. Brown, John 1800 1859
  5. Correspondence
  6. Garrison, Francis Jackson 1848 1916
  7. Garrison, Helen Eliza 1811 1876
  8. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  9. History
  10. Johnson, Oliver 1809 1889
  11. Slaver
  12. Stearns, Geo. L. (George Luther) 1809 1867
  13. United States
  14. Villard, Henry 1835 1900
  15. Wiggin, Miss
  16. Wilson, Henry 1812 1875

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