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Letter from Prudence Crandall, Elk Falls, [Kan.], to William Lloyd Garrison, March 20th 1879

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Manuscript annotated on recto, with "From Mrs. Prudence Crandall Philleo" in black ink along header of page, and "54" in pencil above letterhead date/address.Manuscript addressed from "Elk Falls, Elk Co. Kansas".Prudence Crandall Philleo writes William Lloyd Garrison expressing her gratitude that he still lives, and for the "American Traveller". Philleo states that she read Garrison's criticsm on Blain "with so much interest". Philleo states her curiosity to learn if George W. Benson is in fact her "old friend" George Benson. Philleo informs Garrison that it is two years since she purchased her 160-acre farm outside Elk Falls, Kansas, for the sum of $1400. Philleo writes that she had only recently learned of the passing of Sarah Harris Fayerweather, her "first colored pupil".
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. African Americans
  3. Antislavery Movements
  4. Benson, George William 1808 1879
  5. Correspondence
  6. Crandall, Prudence 1803 1890
  7. Education
  8. Fayerweather, Sarah Ann Harris 1812 1878
  9. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  10. History
  11. Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
  12. Lundy, Benjamin 1789 1839
  13. Phillips, Wendell 1811 1884
  14. Slaver
  15. Social Reformers
  16. United States
  17. Women
  18. Women Abolitionists
  19. Women Educators
  20. Women Social Reformers

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