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Letter from Oliver Johnson, A.S. Office, [New York], to Samuel May, 1853 July 9

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Legacy catalog card identifies the place of publication of this manuscript as "New York [?]"In this letter to Samuel May, Oliver Johnson discusses the upcoming meeting in Flushing celebrating the anniversary of emancipation in the British West Indies. He describes the location of the meeting, in a grove in Flushing, as "a beautiful place" with boats taking people "back and forth several times a day, and the fare is only 10 cents each way ..." Johnson also thinks holding the meeting on Tuesday, August 2, might "enable us to have the presence of friend [William Lloyd] Garrison." He asserts that if Garrison comes, "No other man can do so much for us. I trust he will say yes." Johnson then asks May's opinion of his idea to print a "pamphlet containing the Constitution of the American [Anti-Slavery] Society, the Dec[laration] of Sent[iments], Garrison's Exposition of the Platform, &c" to be distributed at this and future meetings. He states that, "our Society wil gladly pay a part of the expense" and asks May if the Committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society would also be willing to contribute money for the printing. In the postscript, Johnson asks May for his opinion of his "plan to fill the [National Anti-Slavery] Standard of the week before the Celebration chiefly with matter relating to the History and the Working of W[est] I[ndies] Emancipation" and to freely distribute copies of the newspaper at the meetings in Flushing and Framingham.
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