Letter from Aaron Macy Powell, Ghent, N.Y., to William Lloyd Garrison, Jan[uar]y 21. 1859

Aaron Macy Powell writes William Lloyd Garrison detailing the arrangements made for Garrison to deliver lectures in Poughkeepsie and Hudson, and details the excitement Garrison's imminent visit has raised. Powell invites Garrison to arrive in Ghent and join himself, Lydia Mott, Susan B. Anthony, and Parker Pillsbury for an anti-slavery meeting. Powell states that their Albany Convention will be preceeded by a "Compensation Convention", which he promises to attend so as to be "more fully advised of its proceedings". Powell states that he had a "very pleasant interview" with George William Curtis, and describes Curtis' lecture on "Democracy and Education" to be "magnificent", and comparable only to Wendell Phillips' address on "Agitation". Powell notes his sorrow to hear of Theodore Parker's poor health, and states that they can "ill afford to dispense with his effective labors".
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