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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Alexander Milton Ross, August 25, 1875

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Proof (printed matter). With proofreading marks and corrections in pencil; letter was printed in The Life of William H. Seward, by Frederic Bancroft. Proof created in 1899 or 1900.William Lloyd Garrison wants Alexander Milton Ross to suppress certain statements made by John Brown concerning the Northern abolitionists in the second edition of his book. (Recollections and Experiences of an Abolitionist, from 1855 to 1865, by Alexander Milton Ross.) William L. Garrison comments on John Brown's abolitionist beliefs.See Call No. Ms.A.1.1 v.8, p.76 (a-b), for a typed transcript of William Lloyd Garrison's letter to Alexander Milton Ross, Aug. 25, 1875. Includes a letter by Frederic Bancroft to Wendell Phillips Garrison, May 13, 1899, saying the original manuscript by Garrison is in the possession of his brother, a Chicago lawyer.
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Brown, John 1800 1859
  4. Correspondence
  5. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  6. History
  7. Ross, Alexander Milton 1832 1897
  8. Slaver
  9. United States

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