Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, 28 May, 1864
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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Manuscript addressed from "Anti-Slavery Office".Oliver Johnson states to William Lloyd Garrison his sincere hopes that the "sun of righteousness" will "break through the clouds of war, shining upon a land without a slave!" Johnson confides that he is dreads to hear the report from the New England Convention, fearing it a "scene of of contention and folly". Johnson expresses his belief that Abraham Lincoln will secure renonimation for a second term. Johnson advises Garrison on the best date for he and George Thompson to meet with them at Longwood.
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- Abolitionists
- American Anti Slavery Society
- Antislavery Movements
- Correspondence
- Election
- Elections
- Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
- History
- Johnson, Oliver 1809 1889
- Lincoln, Abraham 1809 1865
- Phillips, Wendell 1811 1884
- Presidents
- Slaver
- Social Reformers
- Thompson, George 1804 1878
- United States