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Letter from Lewis Tappan, 206 Degraw St[reet], Brooklyn, N[ew] Y[ork], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1870 Jan[uary] 29

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white, lined paper. On the first page, in the head- spine corner "Abolitionist" is written and in the head- fore corner "Tappan" is written, both in pencil. Additionally, above the second line of the letter, "Whitney Fd Nov 4, 1963 050" is also written in pencil, while "206 Degraw St" and "Wm Lloyd Garrison, Esq." are both circled in pencil. In the tail- fore corner of the adjacent page, "MS.Am. 147 (15)" is also written in pencil.There is an additional piece of paper stapled to the head- spine corner of the letter. It states that the letter is from Lewis Tappan, an abolitionist and brother of Arthur, and the "unpretending volume" he references in the letter is the "Life of Arthur Tappan" that he wrote.In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Lewis Tappan writes about "the gratification your letter has given me." Tappan congratulates on "the fruition of hopes in the emancipation of our colored fellow-men", quoting what John Quincy Adams said to him "on the deliverance of the Amistad Africans". He then recalls when he first met Garrison 40 year earlier, and discusses his "sketch of the Life of my brother Arthur". He explains how he "endeavored to do justice to you and your labors" but adds that he "was not writing a history of the anti-slavery agitation, but of A[rthur] T[appan]'s personal efforts in the cause". Tappan also mentions other histories of...
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