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<dl><dd>Letter transcribed by Francis Jackson Garrison</dd>
<dd>William Lloyd Garrison declines to purchase a Sharp's rifle found in the engine house at Harper's Ferry after John Brown's surrender. Garrison writes: "I gave no sanction to John Brown's method of emancipating the slaves, though conceding to him the purest and noblest motives."</dd>
<dd>On page three of this manuscript, there is a separate note by Francis Jackson Garrison explaining how Henry D. Wertz acquired the Sharp's rifle</dd>
<dd>Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879; Wertz, Henry D., b. 1838; Garrison, Francis Jackson, 1848-1916; Brown, John, 1800-1859; Antislavery movements; Abolitionists</div>
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<dl><dd>Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879</dd>
<dd>Wertz, Henry D., b. 1838, recipient</dd>
<dd>Garrison, Francis Jackson, 1848-1916</dd></dl></div>
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