Description
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Has sent Jackson a copy of "Lays of Quakerdom" by Benjamin Rush Plumly. Reminisces about attaining a copy of the book from Plumly at Philadelphia's 1853 Decade Anti-Slavery Fair, and discusses abolitionists who attended, including Lucretia Mott, Robert Purvis, Sojourner Truth, Charles Burleigh, and others. Recounts interacting with the Biddle Press to publish new copies of the "Lays of Quakerdom." Also discusses distributing copies of "Mollie Pryce" to Jackson and others. Shares news concerning family/friends in the postscript.
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Rights
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Please cite appropriately, crediting Branson-Jackson Family Papers, SFHL-RG5-016, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College as the source and indicating the identifier of the item, A00183570. This work is believed to be in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States. For more information, see http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/.
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