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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in pencil on white paper with two vertical fold lines and three horizontal fold lines. In the head- spine corner, there is an embossed logo of a scroll of paper with the word "Glenview" across it. There are also some brown spots towards the spine edge of the page. In the tail- spine corner of the second page, the phrase "John Rankin, Ripley, Ohio, Nov. 19, 1863." is written in pencil in a different handwriting.John Rankin writes to William Lloyd Garrison informing him he will not be able to attend the thirtieth anniversary meeting of the American Anti-Slavery Society. He tells Garrison, "you and I have ever been united on the subject of immediate emancipation" and summarizes "from the time of my boyhood to the present time I have opposed the abominable system of American slavery." Rankin states that he "greatly rejoice[s] in the presidents [emancipation] proclamation" and that "our brave soldiers in the field are the armies of the Living God to enforce it."

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