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- GLC#
- GLC02448.03.01-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- April 29, 1858
- Author/Creator
- Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879
- Title
- to Reverend Dr. Murray
- Place Written
- New Britain, Connecticut
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 12.8 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Recalls receiving a letter from Murray regarding the Cleveland Emancipation Convention one year before. Transmits a circular (GLC 2448.03.02), an account of the organization of the National Compensation Emancipation Society. Asks Murray to read the circular and attempt to "connect yourself with the movement more directly." Invites Murray to speak at the Society's first annual meeting, to be held 12 May 1858 in New York. Also informs Murray he has been nominated as Vice President of the Society for New Jersey, noting that the Society hopes to have a Vice President from every state in the Union.
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