Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Longwood, [PA], to Helen Eliza Garrison, May 18, 1857, Monday Evening
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Holograph, signed.William Lloyd Garrison and Oliver Johnson spent the night in Philadelphia. Mary Grew is recovering from a long illness. They went to hear William Wells Brown. They saw a number of friends in Philadelphia, including Mattie Griffith, the author of the Autobiography of a Female Slave. Mattie Griffith has been ill, has no reliable financial resources, and has to support her sister with three children. In Longwood, Garrison is staying with friends and has received great hospitality. On Sunday morning began the first meeting of Progressive Friends. The day was fair and beautiful, with attendance in the meeting house no less than three thousand. They counted upwards of 650 vehicles. Garrison spoke outdoors. They had four meetings, free discussion was the order of the day, and the most excellent spirit pervaded the deliberations. Lucretia Mott gave admirable testimonies.Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.4, no.166.
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- Abolitionists
- Antislavery Movements
- Brown, William Wells 1814? 1884
- Browne, Martha Griffith 1828 1906
- Correspondence
- Garrison, Helen Eliza 1811 1876
- Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
- Grew, Mary 1813 1896
- History
- Johnson, Oliver 1809 1889
- Mott, Lucretia 1793 1880
- Slaver
- United States