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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to George William Benson, April 23, 1834

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Holograph, signed.William Lloyd Garrison writes: "This, you are aware, is 'Friendship's Valley' to our excellent friend Prudence Crandall; but I need a dearer appellation---not that I esteem friendship less, but love more. Here centre all the affections of my heart; here is the object and most precious to me; and here I am received in a manner too kind, and too indulgent, for one so unworthy as myself." Garrison continues to write of his love for Helen Benson. Garrison must leave for Philadelphia and a national meeting in New York. Those expected to speak are: William Jay, Beriah Green, Amos A. Phelps, and Samuel J. May. William Lloyd Garrison's portrait that was engraved by Simeon Smith Jocelyn is considered a failure by all.Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison,
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Benson, George William 1808 1879
  4. Correspondence
  5. Crandall, Prudence 1803 1890
  6. Garrison, Helen Eliza 1811 1876
  7. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  8. Green, Beriah 1795 1874
  9. History
  10. Jay, William 1789 1858
  11. Jocelyn, Simeon Smith 1799 1879
  12. May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph) 1797 1871
  13. Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus) 1805 1847
  14. Slaver
  15. United States

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