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Letter from John Greenleaf Whitter, Amesbury, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, 18 [January] 1863

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Manuscript annotated on recto, with "9" in pencil above Whittier's salutation to Garrison.Manuscript annotated on verso, with "A.1.2 v.32 p.6" in pencil along top-left margin of page.Manuscript dated "18th 1 mo 1863".John Greenleaf Whittier informs William Lloyd Garrison that he regrettably cannot acquiesce to Garrison's request for his assistance for an effort by the American Anti-Slavery Society, stating that "the spirit is indeed most willing but the flesh is weak".
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. American Anti Slavery Society
  3. Antislavery Movements
  4. Correspondence
  5. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  6. History
  7. Slaver
  8. Social Reformers
  9. United States
  10. Whittier, John Greenleaf 1807 1892

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