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Caroline Cushing Andrews Leighton autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, [Eagleswood Perth Amboy, N.J.], 29 March [18]60

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Title supplied by cataloger.Manuscript copy of MS E.5.1, pt. 2, p. 217.Date from item or from supporting materials.CarrieDonated to the Boston Public Library by Thomas Wentworth Higginson in 1904.Longs to avenge the execution of [Aaron Dwight] Stevens and [Albert] Hazlett. Finds comfort in [Theodore Dwight] Weld's words Describes the funeral services, mentioning the remarks made by the clergyman from Connecticut and Theodore Tilton, the songs of the children and the grief of Stevens's father.
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)
  4. History
  5. John Brown's Raid, 1859
  6. Slaver
  7. Tilton, Theodore 1835 1907
  8. United States
  9. Weld, Theodore Dwight 1803 1895

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