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Holograph, signed.Richard D. Webb says that the addressee's letter reached him at a time when he was very busy. He tells about the eye strain caused by his work. Anne W. Weston also complained of trouble with her eyes. Webb thought he might have offended the addressee by his criticism of George Thompson's conduct at the recent London conference. It seemed that Thompson was trying to conciliate J. Sturge and the British & Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. He says G. T. [George Thompson?] is now in Ceylon recovering from an illness. He is expected back in England within two years. Mrs. Webb helps him with the Anti-Slavery Advocate. Richard Webb received a complimentary letter from Harriet Martineau. Webb wrote: "Along with Miss Martineau's note came one from her cousin Mrs. Turner of Lentonfield near Nottingham..." He says that the Charles Sumner incident and the Kansas troubles have increased the interest of the English people in the anti-slavery cause. An English newspaper, the Globe, "has given Garrison & Phillips a prominent place in its editorial columns." Harriet Martineau "has regularly set herself to write up Garrison & Phillips to public notice in England..." He is thankful that the abolitionist cause has "brought me finally into a cordial friendship with the very remarkable deaf woman who is also nearly destitute of taste and smell." He discusses printing as a livlihood. He compares the economic opportunities in the British Isles and America. He remarks on the way Americans can spend a year traveling abroad...

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