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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Alexander Milton Ross, August 25, 1875

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Typed transcript.William Lloyd Garrison wants Alexander Milton Ross to suppress certain statements made by John Brown concerning the Northern abolitionists in the second edition of his book. (Recollections and Experiences of an Abolitionist, from 1855 to 1865, by Alexander Milton Ross.) William L. Garrison comments on John Brown's abolitionist beliefs.Also includes a letter by Frederic Bancroft to Wendell Phillips Garrison, dated May 13, 1899, Washington, D.C. Frederic Bancroft explains that the original letter by William Lloyd Garrison is in the possession of his brother, a Chicago lawyer. Frederic Bancroft asks: "Will you kindly tell me if this letter has ever been printed? If so, where? If not, I want to print a part of it in my 'Life of Seward,' now slowly printing by Harpers." (See Call No. Ms.A.1.2 v.41, p.69 for a proof (printed matter) of William L. Garrison's letter that was published in The Life of Seward.)
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Bancroft, Frederic, 1860-1945
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Bancroft, Frederic 1860 1945
  4. Brown, John 1800 1859
  5. Correspondence
  6. Garrison, Wendell Phillips 1840 1907
  7. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  8. History
  9. Ross, Alexander Milton 1832 1897
  10. Slaver
  11. United States

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