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Letter from Elizabeth Swan Mawson, Ashfield, [England], to Francis Jackson Garrison, July 26 - 1877

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Mawson, Elizabeth Swan

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Elizabeth Swan Mawson writes Francis Jackson Garrison that the "proof copies" of photographs taken by H. S. Mendelssohn have arrived, and forwards these to Garrison for his review and pleasure. Mawson expresses her hopes that her brother Joseph Swan's "attempt may prove as successful as Mendelssohn's", and promises to forward to Garrison her brother's photographic proofs shortly. Mawson states her concern over newspaper reports of the "alarming riots in America by the labourers of the railways", and declares her worry that Mr. Villard will be "be placed in painful circumstances in consequence".
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Correspondence
  4. England
  5. Garrison, Francis Jackson 1848 1916
  6. History
  7. Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
  8. Mawson, Elizabeth Swan
  9. Mendelssohn, H. S. (Hayman Selig) 1848 1908
  10. Photographers
  11. Railroad Strike, U.S., 1877
  12. Slaver
  13. Social Reformers
  14. Swan, Joseph Wilson 1828 1914
  15. United States
  16. Villard, Henry 1835 1900
  17. Women
  18. Women Abolitionists

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