<div class="description">
<dl><dd>Handwritten transcription. Whereabouts of original manuscript unknown</dd>
<dd>William Lloyd Garrison has not been able to take part in the current reform movements because of a severe case of rheumatism. Garrison writes: "In political meetings, as such, I have never allowed myself to participate; yet I watch all the political movements of the times with unabated vigilance, though I still absent myself from the ballot-box on account of conscientious scruples." He hopes that the Republican State Convention will nominate Thomas Talbot for Governor</dd>
<dd>Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879; Stacy, George W. (George Whittemore), 1809-1892; Talbot, Thomas, 1818-1886; Antislavery movements; Abolitionists</div>
<div class="fn value">
<dl><dd>Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879</dd>
<dd>Stacy, George W. (George Whittemore), 1809-1892, recipient</dd></dl></div>
Internet Archive identifier