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Letter from Theodore Dwight Weld, Hartford, [Connecticut], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1833 Jan[uary] 1

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.On verso, the letter is addressed to "Wm Lloyd Garrison Esqr Corresponding Secretary of the N[ew] E[ngland] Anti Slavery Society Boston Mass".Theodore Dwight Weld writes to William Lloyd Garrison declining an invitation by the Board of Managers of the New England Anti-Slavery Society to attend their anniversary in Boston. Weld informs Garrison that he had conflicting engagements and says that he is largely "ignorant of the history, specific plans, modes of operation, present position and ultimate aims" of the Society. He confesses that it is has been his own "misfortune" to be so unfamiliar with the Society, but assumes from its name "that the society is based upon that great fundamental law of human rights that nothing but crime can forfeit liberty." Weld outlines his views of slavery and assures Garrison that the Board of Managers "can easily procure some individual of riper years, more extensive acquaitance with the subject and greater weight of character to fill that place in the anniversary," which was offered to him.
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