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Letter from Edmund Jackson to William Lloyd Garrison, May 10th, 1868

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Holograph, signed.Edmund Jackson explains why he agreed to William Lloyd Garrison's motion to give {dollar}4200 of the Francis Jackson legacy to the National Anti-Slavery Standard. He says that he was trying to arrive at a compromise agreement between opposing factions of the Board of Trustees. He doesn't think that the court had any right to rule on the disposition of the Francis Jackson legacy.
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Correspondence
  4. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  5. History
  6. Jackson, Edmund 1795 1875
  7. Jackson, Francis 1789 1861
  8. National Anti Slavery Standard
  9. Slaver
  10. United States

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