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National testimonial to William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, April 25, 1866

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For an alternate draft of this testimonial, see also MS B.1.6 v.10, p.42.The Executive Committee that composed this testimonial was comprised of John A. Andrew, Jonathan Ingersoll Bowditch, Samuel E. Sewall, R. C. Waterston, Edmund Quincy, Thomas Russell, William E. Coffin, William Endicott, and Samuel May.This printed circular letter is annotated by Samuel May, "Secretary and Assistant Treasurer" of the Executive Committee.Title supplied by cataloger.Typescript.This printed circular letter, dated April 25, 1866 and signed by numerous political leaders and abolitionists, proposes "a national testimonial, not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars, to our fellow countryman--William Lloyd Garrison." Within this printed circular letter is a transcription of an April 11, 1866 letter from Salmon Portland Chase and an excerpt of a letter from Charles Sumner.
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland) 1808 1873
  4. Correspondence
  5. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  6. History
  7. May, Samuel, Jr. 1810 1899
  8. Slaver
  9. Sumner, Charles 1811 1874
  10. United States

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