Wigham, Eliza

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper. Under the salutation the number "39" is written in pencil and in the tail- spine corner of the first page, "V34,P26A" is also written in pencil. Along the tail edge of the adjacent page, the remnant of a red seal is visible near a note that reads, "Fowarded by S.M. Jr. - March 9, 1865."Eliza Wigham writes to William Lloyd Garrison "to congratulate thee on the glorious news brought by last mail ... the whole nation rejoicing in the abolition of slavery!" She adds that "the same Liberator which gave us such good tidings should also contain the sorrowful proceedings of the Mass. A.S. annual meetings." Wigham remarks that "the little paragraph respecting Stephen Foster was not like the Christian spirit we should expect to see in there - it was not necessary to adopt such a tone". She then shares her plan to write George Thompson and thank him for the "note of appreciation of my beloved father."

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