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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.On verso, the letter is addressed to "W.L. Garrison Care of Geo. Benson Esq; Brooklyn Conn. Forwarded by D. Taylor."George William Benson writes to William Lloyd Garrison saying he has just returned from Boston "in pursuit" of Garrison and was "rejoiced to hear that you had safely escaped those blood thirsty mobocrats." He details his course in Boston attempting to find Garrison, then Isaac Knapp, and says he "made [Charles Calistus] Burleigh promise that he would write a true account, in general, leaving for you to give the particulars next week." Benson says he also asked John Greenleaf Whittier to write an account of the mob. He then shares his plans to immediately publish and distribute two pamphlets; one containing Whittier's account "with an appeal to our fellow countrymen" and the other containing "A[ngelina] Grimke's letter, with your introductory remarks - and your address published in the Liberator several weeks since with your name appended and Whittier's poetry on the times." He tells Garrison he is going to North Providence to attend a meeting of a "Baptist (Free Will) Association" and praises the calmness shown by Garrison and his wife (also Benson's sister), Helen Eliza Garrison. Benson then tells Garrison he expects his "copy for the Liberator by return of Taylor."

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