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Letter to] My Dear Garrison [manuscript

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Holograph, signedTitle devised by catalogerManuscript addressed from "Anti-Slavery Office"Oliver Johnson states to William Lloyd Garrison his sincere hopes that the "sun of righteousness" will "break through the clouds of war, shining upon a land without a slave!" Johnson confides that he is dreads to hear the report from the New England Convention, fearing it a "scene of of contention and folly". Johnson expresses his belief that Abraham Lincoln will secure renonimation for a second term. Johnson advises Garrison on the best date for he and George Thompson to meet with them at Longwood
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