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Letter from George Thompson, London, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, [18]63 Oct[ober] 3

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. Above the salutation the number "97" is written in pencil and on verso, along the spine edge, "Oct. 3, 1863" is also written in pencil, vertically. Throughout the letter there are some annotations made in black ink and in a different handwriting, including diagonal lines through the paragraphs on the first, second and third pages.George Thompson writes to William Lloyd Garrison explaining the letter of introduction Garrison wrote for "Mr. Chester" was handed to him after Thompson delivered "a lecture on the present phrases of the American question." Thompson describes Mr. Chester as "a most agreeable man - polished, intelligent, & full of promise" before moving on to discuss the American Civil War and the "temporary success" of the Confederates. He declares that "the events of the last three months have wrought a great change in the feelings, convictions and views of the people here", citing the fall of Vicksburg and the "repulsion of Lee from Pennsylvania" as great Northern victories encouraging British support for the Union. He tells Garrison, "You will henceforth see all changed here" and casts the Civil War as "The United States, England & the Czar, against Napoleon & Jeff Davis - Anti-Slavery Britian and the North against the flesh-mongers of the South and their allies in the plains of Mexico."
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