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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Henry Egbert Benson, Nov. 4, 1836

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Holograph, signed.William Lloyd Garrison rejoices at the prospect of Henry Egbert Benson's recovery and hopes he is steadily improving. William L. Garrison has been suffering from scrofula, "a humor as malignant to the body as sin is to the soul." Rev. Joshua V. Himes advised "a course of Thompsonian medicine." Joshua V. Himes will leave his parish because of opposition to his abolitionist ideas. Garrison gives the names of board members who will collect signatures in the various wards of the city for use in petitions respecting the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. Angelina E. Grimké's appeal has sold rapidly.Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.2, no.59.
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Benson, Henry Egbert 1814 1837
  4. Correspondence
  5. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  6. Himes, Joshua V. (Joshua Vaughan) 1805 1895
  7. History
  8. Slaver
  9. Slavery
  10. Thomson, Samuel 1769 1843
  11. United States
  12. Washington (D.C.)

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