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Letter from George Thompson, London, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1846 Sep[tember] 26

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. In the head- spine corner of the first page, a checkmark is drawn in pencil above the number "92", also in pencil. In the head- fore corner, there is a purple, oval stamp containing the words, "Garrison MSS."In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, George Thompson "report[s] progress" at "our last council meeting", including hiring a "Mr. Smith" and passing "some resolutions of importance". He tells Garrison that he was invited by the City of Norwich "to go down to a great Meeting in St. Andrew's Hall next week" where he has "no doubt we shall have a large muster." Thompson tells Garrison that Frederick Douglass "is also wanted at Norwich". He then pleads with Garrison not to "fail to be at Wrexham on the 9th[.] It is of imporance" and repeats "Don't fail me", adding that "Douglass must be there too and Wright if possible."
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Correspondence
  4. Douglass, Frederick 1818 1895
  5. England
  6. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  7. Great Britain
  8. History
  9. Slaver
  10. Social Reformers
  11. Thompson, George 1804 1878
  12. United States
  13. Wright, Henry Clarke 1797 1870

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