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Holograph, signedOn pages 1-10 of this manuscript there is a letter by John Bishop Estlin, which he started to write on Dec. 12, 1851 and then continued on Dec. 26, 1851 and Jan. 2, 1852. Fearing that William Lloyd Garrison's answer to Mr. [James] Grant "might prove a cutting one," John B. Estlin has tried to prepare him for it, stressing Garrison's "unselfish devotion to the cause," and his readiness to die for it. This letter is concerned mainly with Mr. James Grant. John B. Estlin describes James Grant as a Scotsman, not highly educated. The circulation of the Morning Advertiser has increased since he has had the sole management. He has always had strong anti-slavery feelings. While he will never sympathize much with Garrison, he "gives him credit for a devotion to the A.S. cause which he himself never felt in any cause." John B. Estlin tells of his experience with Grant and criticizes him as a writer. He recounts an embarrassing episode when John B. Estlin introduced Grant to Mrs. Maria Weston Chapman and tells of Mrs. Chapman's party in London. Mr. Grant was very attentive to Mrs. Chapman with various civilities, including the gift of opera tickets, which were used, but never acknowledged. Mr. Grant was painfully annoyed. As his daughter told John B. Estlin, "the unnoticed reception of his efforts did seem to them like intentional rudeness." The Westons, when told about it, seemed to resent the reproach. John B. Estlin concluded that they were "in...

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