ALS, 1891 November 12 : Cedar Hill, Anacostia D.C., to Robert Adams.

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ALS, 1891 November 12 : Cedar Hill, Anacostia D.C., to Robert Adams.

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The great abolitionist and journalist recalls old friends in the movement who have now passed on. "Our meeting in Boston with old time antislavery men and women was to me a great happiness. It would be good to have the occasion repeated though it does not seem probable that it will be. One year has left us less strong in health and fewer in numbers, than we were then."

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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