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Thomas Wentworth Higginson autograph letter to Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, 17 November [1859]

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Title supplied by cataloger.Date from item or from supporting materials.Donated to the Boston Public Library by Thomas Wentworth Higginson in 1904.Laments their lack of honor. Thinks the meanest thief would be ashamed to lie in such circumstances. Draft. Refers to the card issued by Samuel Gridley Howe on November 14, 1859, denying all knowledge of John Brown. Mounted with a letter addressed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, November 19, 1859. Quoted in O. G. Villard, John Brown, p. 533.
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Brown, John 1800 1859
  4. Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)
  5. History
  6. Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley) 1801 1876
  7. John Brown's Raid, 1859
  8. Slaver
  9. United States

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