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Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, 23 July, 1863

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Oliver Johnson sends to William Lloyd Garrison a photograph of Theodore Weld for Garrison's collection. Johnson states that he passed the weekend in Providence with Thomas and Paula Davis. Johnson expresses his wish to discuss with Garrison the matter of the "Copperhead Mob and the present prospects of the country". Johnson concludes by expressing his relief that the Anti-Slavery Office was not sacked by the mob during the riot, presuming that its inconspicuous nature spared it.
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. American Anti Slavery Society
  3. Antislavery Movements
  4. Civil War
  5. Civil War, 1861 1865
  6. Copperhead Movement
  7. Correspondence
  8. Davis, Paulina W. (Paulina Wright) 1813 1876
  9. Davis, Thomas 1806 1895
  10. Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863
  11. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  12. Greeley, Horace 1811 1872
  13. History
  14. Johnson, Oliver 1809 1889
  15. Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
  16. Slaver
  17. United States
  18. Weld, Theodore Dwight 1803 1895
  19. Women
  20. Women Abolitionists

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