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Copy of letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Henry D. Wertz, March 7, 1874

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Letter transcribed by Francis Jackson Garrison.William Lloyd Garrison declines to purchase a Sharp's rifle found in the engine house at Harper's Ferry after John Brown's surrender. Garrison writes: "I gave no sanction to John Brown's method of emancipating the slaves, though conceding to him the purest and noblest motives."On page three of this manuscript, there is a separate note by Francis Jackson Garrison explaining how Henry D. Wertz acquired the Sharp's rifle.Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.6, no.106.
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Correspondence Manuscripts
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Garrison, Francis Jackson, 1848-1916
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Brown, John 1800 1859
  4. Correspondence
  5. Garrison, Francis Jackson 1848 1916
  6. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  7. History
  8. Slaver
  9. United States
  10. Wertz, Henry D. B. 1838

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