[Letter to] My Dear Friend
Contributors: Garrison, Helen Eliza, 1811-1876, recipient
Published: 1865
Place of publication: Germantown, [Pa.]
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Correspondence; Confederate States of America; Abolitionists; Assassination; Antislavery movements; History
Other titles: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) William Lloyd Garrison Correspondence (1823-1879) 
Description: Mary Grew writes to Helen Garrison following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, noting that all "personal matters seem insignificant in the presence of the great events" taking place, adding that even monumental occasions such as the fall of Richmond and the surrender of General Lee pale in comparison to Lincoln's death. Grew opines that those responsible are "as foolish as wicked", as she doubts Lincoln's successor will be nearly so "lenient" towards the South as Lincoln was. Grew closes by opining that William Lloyd Garrison ought not to undertake a voyage to England until the conclusion of the war.
Notes: Holograph, signed.

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