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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp, Arnold Buffum describes his efforts to sell subscriptions to the Liberator for the coming year and asks whether the plan he proposed in a previous letter will be adopted. He says he has "given up the idea" of working with "John Fordyce" and instead the "papers will be distributed by Henry Johnson a colored man who is ... a truly zealous and devoted friend to the cause." Buffum then comments on the "miraculous progress" of the abolition movement in New England and sends them an advertisement for "Charles & Sylvester" to publish in the Liberator. He also asks them to "Give my best respects to our valiant friend George Thompson" and promises to "get a good hearing for him" when he comes to Philadelphia. After his autograph, Buffum reports that his "son has entirely lost the use of his eye there is no hope of his ever seeing with it again" and that he has sent "a communication for the Liberator" through James Forten.

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