Letter from Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Worcester, [Massachusetts], to Theodore Parker, 1854 Dec[ember] 1
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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Thomas Wentworth Higginson writes to Theodore Parker in regards to Parker's indictment for a speech made at Fanueil Hall on the Anthony Burns case. His speech incited a riot resulting in the death of one of the Marshal's guards. He writes, "The breach must [widen?] till there is a division & perhaps a civil war."
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