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- GLC#
- GLC05603.01.25-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 7 August 1855
- Author/Creator
- Raymond, Henry J. (Henry Jarvis), 1820-1869
- Title
- to unknown
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 19.7 cm, Width: 13.1 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Directed to "Gentlemen." Agrees to deliver a lecture on slavery during the upcoming winter, noting, "I shall fail to say anything possessing either novelty or merit upon a topic which has been more profoundly and carefully discussed in Boston than in any other part of the Country." Will speak December 20. Includes an incomplete newspaper clipping attached to verso. The clipping contains Horace Greeley's praise of Raymond (Raymond initially served as Greeley's assistant, before starting the Times).
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