Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, 7 May, 1866
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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Manuscript addressed from "90 East 12th St., New York".Oliver Johnson writes Garrison on the eve of what would be the day prior to the start of the annual meeting of the American Anti-Slavery Society, and inquires if Garrison will be in New York that week in the absence of an anniversary from the Freedman and Union Commission. Johnson extends his invitation to Garrison to accompany him to the Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends at Longwood. Johnson states that he will write George Thompson that evening to extend this invitation to him, as well. Johnson speculates on the anniversary of the American Anti-Slavery Society under the controll of Phillips and Pillsbury, and informs Garrison that he has learned that their "treasury is nearly empty", and that Susan B. Anthony and others are proponents of changing the name and focus of the organization to reflect an inclusion of the matter of women's rights.
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- Abolitionists
- American Anti Slavery Society
- American Freedman's Union Commission
- Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell) 1820 1906
- Antislavery Movements
- Correspondence
- Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
- History
- Johnson, Oliver 1809 1889
- Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting Of Progressive Friends (1853 1940)
- Phillips, Wendell 1811 1884
- Pillsbury, Parker 1809 1898
- Slaver
- Social Reformers
- Thompson, George 1804 1878
- United States
- Women
- Women's Rights