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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, New York, to Helen Eliza Garrison, April 7, 1865

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Holograph, signed with initials.William Lloyd Garrison writes about a stormy trip to New York on a Long Island Sound steamer. He was met by his son Wendell. William L. Garrison is going to Fort Sumter. He received a telegram from Secretary Edward M. Stanton that said "Capt." George T. Garrison received a furlough to go to Charleston. Samuel J. May says that Charlotte Coffin will return to Boston at the end of the month. Garrison saw his friend William H. Fish, who inquired about Helen Eliza Garrison's health. The American Anti-Slavery Society has finished its work. Garrison heard a rumor that General Lee surrendered.Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.5, no.109.
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. American Anti Slavery Society
  3. Antislavery Movements
  4. Civil War
  5. Civil War, 1861 1865
  6. Coffin, Charlotte 1809 1889
  7. Correspondence
  8. Fish, William Henry 1812 1880
  9. Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.)
  10. Garrison, George T. (George Thompson) 1836 1904
  11. Garrison, Helen Eliza 1811 1876
  12. Garrison, Wendell Phillips 1840 1907
  13. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  14. History
  15. May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph) 1797 1871
  16. Slaver
  17. Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin Mc Masters) 1814 1869
  18. United States

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