Letter from George Thompson, 128 Sloane Street, London, to Anne Warren Weston, Friday, August 15, 1851

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Place of origin:
128 Sloane Street, London
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
George Thompson gives news of his children. He discusses his relations with his constituents in London, who, in spite of enemies, approved of his tour to the United States; he was "treated better than well." He denounces the conduct of [John] Scoble. [The Rev. John Scoble was an abolitionist and an opponent of William Lloyd Garrison.] He regrets the change in F. D.'s [Frederick Douglass] North Star and prefers the Commonwealth to "that body of death" the Emancipator. [The references to the publications, the North Star and the Emancipator, express Thompson's disapproval of the Liberty Party, as opposed to pure Garrisonianism.] He praises [John Bishop] Estlin. Thompson considers it desirable to stand for reelection to Parliament.
Identifier:
3132515
Call #:
Ms.A.13.1 p.27 (a,b,c)
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39999063102360
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