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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Henry Egbert Benson, Dec. 15, 1835

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Holograph, signed.John Cutts Smith offered to increase the subscription list of the Liberator in return for a loan of $2000. William Lloyd Garrison writes: "In my article on Mr. Cheever's sentence, you perceive I have broached my ultra doctrines respecting reliance upon the civil arm and appeals to the law." Garrison mentions possible adverse criticism by Joseph Tracy. According to brother George (W. Benson), the abolitionist cause is progressing swiftly in Rhode Island.Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.1, no.234.
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Benson, George William 1808 1879
  4. Benson, Henry Egbert 1814 1837
  5. Cheever, George B. (George Barrell) 1807 1890
  6. Correspondence
  7. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  8. History
  9. Slaver
  10. Smith, John Cutts
  11. Tracy, Joseph 1793? 1874
  12. United States

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