[Letter to] Dear Mr. Garrison
Contributors: Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879, recipient
Published: 1861
Place of publication: Ghent, N.Y
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Correspondence; Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831); History; Antislavery movements; Abolitionists
Other titles: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) William Lloyd Garrison Correspondence (1823-1879) 
Description: Aaron Macy Powell writes to William Lloyd Garrison expressing their regrets that that Garrison family was unable to attend their wedding ceremony. Powell expresses his hope that "this extraordinary revolutionary awakening" taking place over the nation will result in the quick death of slavery. Powell commends Garrison's editorial on the war in the Liberator, and affirms that the present is "no time to furl the banner of genuine vital nonresistance".
Notes: Holograph, signed.

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Letter ends abruptly mid-sentence. Final page(s) missing. Authorship is not identified on document, but contextual clues suggest Aaron Macy Powell, which is confirmed by the card catalog entry.