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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. In the head- spine corner of the first page, "From George Thompson. See whole letter in Lib. June 28, 1861 - 31:102" is written in pencil and under the salutation the number "78" is also written in pencil.Thompson's letter and the speeches he mentions he is sending to Garrison both appear in the June 28, 1861 issue of the Liberator. Based on that published version of Thompson's letter, it appears this is missing the final pages sent to Garrison.George Thompson writes to William Lloyd Garrison about his work for the Anti-slavery cause in Newcastle, England. He tells Garrison that he is "a deeply interested observer of late events" in the United States and "miss[es] no opportunity of publicly addressing my countrymen on them." Thompson states that he is sending him copies of some of his recent speeches and shares Garrison's view that "the present struggle must end in the downfall of slavery."

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