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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Philadelphia, [Penn.], to Helen Eliza Garrison, Oct. 19, 1854

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Holograph, signed with initials.William Lloyd Garrison is writing this letter in James Mott's parlor. Garrison describes arriving in New York, his visit with friends in Brooklyn, and visiting George W. Benson in Williamsburgh, [Long Island]. George W. Benson has nearly recovered from a severe illness. Garrison met with many friends who are also going to the Women's Rights Convention; some of them are staying with James and Lucretia Mott. The convention was well attended. The speakers included Ernestine L. Rose, Susan B. Anthony, Frances D. Gage, Lucy Stone, Mrs. Cutler of Illinois, Lucretia Mott, Thomas W. Higginson, and William L. Garrison. William Wells Brown was enthusiastically received by colored people in a crowded church.Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.4, no.102.
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell) 1820 1906
  3. Antislavery Movements
  4. Benson, George William 1808 1879
  5. Brown, William Wells 1814? 1884
  6. Correspondence
  7. Cutler, H. M. Tracy (Hannah Maria Tracy) 1815 1896
  8. Gage, Frances Dana 1808 1884
  9. Garrison, Helen Eliza 1811 1876
  10. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  11. Higginson, Thomas Wentworth 1823 1911
  12. History
  13. Mott, James 1788 1868
  14. Mott, Lucretia 1793 1880
  15. Rose, Ernestine L. (Ernestine Louise) 1810 1892
  16. Slaver
  17. Stone, Lucy 1818 1893
  18. United States
  19. Women
  20. Women's Rights

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