White, Lydia

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.On verso, the letter is addressed to "William Lloyd Garrison No. 10 Merchants Hall Boston Mass," and is postmarked with a brown, circular stamp that reads, "Phil 18 Oct".Lydia White writes to William Lloyd Garrison sharing her desire to assist in "the support and circulation of the Liberator" and sending Garrison the names of four new subscribers, promising to "cheerfully embrace the first suitable opportunity to settle for them." White then apologizes for not sending Garrison the items he requested and discusses the difficulty in getting her free labour goods produced, claiming the "fault lay with us whose minds are happily so far enlightened on this deeply interesting subject as to give a decided preference to free labour produce". She explains that she is waiting for a new bundle of free labour cotton since the "quality of the cotton purchased last spring will not do to make fine shirtings," and tells Garrison that the cotton sent to him in the last bundle was grown in North Carolina. In the postscript, she states that she has moved "our free labour dry goods" store to a different street in Philadelphia and sends remembrances from her partner and some other friends.

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