[Letter to] My Dear Friend Garrison

by Charles P. Adams

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Published 1868 in Pawtucket, [R.I.] .
Written in

Subjects:

• Correspondence,
• History,
• Antislavery movements,
• Abolitionists

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Edition Notes

Holograph, signed.

Series	William Lloyd Garrison Correspondence (1823-1879)
Contributions	Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879, recipient
The Physical Object
Format	[manuscript]
Pagination	1 leaf (2 p.)
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL25468121M

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