[Manuscript copy of letter from Gerrit Smith to Lysander Spooner]

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Creator / Contributor: Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Spooner, Lysander, 1808-1887
Sewall, Samuel E. (Samuel Edmund), 1799-1888
Stanton, Henry B. (Henry Brewster), 1805-1887
Loring, Ellis Gray, 1803-1858
Leavitt, Joshua, 1794-1873
Title: [Manuscript copy of letter from Gerrit Smith to Lysander Spooner]
Collection Title: Lysander Spooner papers, 1836-1886
Date: 1847-04-27
Description: Manuscript copy of a four-page letter from Gerrit Smith of Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated April 27, 1847, responding to Spooner's request for funds to support him during a visit to Boston as he writes his newest book. Includes list of individuals from whom Smith has collected funds, including S. E. Sewall, E. G. Loring, and H. B. Stanton. In the hand of Lysander Spooner.
Identifier: nyhs_lsp_v-01_205
Mss Collection - Lysander Spooner papers
Subject: Antislavery movements--United States
Slavery--Law and Legislation
Material type or medium of original: Letters (correspondence)
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