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Letter to] My dear Helen [manuscript

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Holograph, signedBrother George William Benson left yesterday for New Haven. William Lloyd Garrison discusses the debate between Alvan Stewart and Judge William Jay on the constitutionality of slavery. Jay had the best argument. The peace resolution offered by John G. Whittier was voted down. The warlike speech by Joshua Leavitt was answered by Samuel Joseph May. Garrison received an invitation to the wedding of Angelina E. Grimké and Theodore D. Weld. Garrison does not know where he will stay; he may have to pay for boardMerrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Benson, George William, 1808 1879
  4. Garrison, Helen Eliza, 1811 1876
  5. Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805 1879
  6. Jay, William, 1789 1858
  7. Leavitt, Joshua, 1794 1873
  8. May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797 1871
  9. Slaver
  10. Stewart, Alvan, 1790 1849
  11. Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803 1895
  12. Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807 1892

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