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S. G. Howe autograph letter signed to [Thomas Wentworth Higginson], Boston, May [1858]
Summary
Agrees mainly with his views. Thinks [Hugh Forbes] is probably "bungling about in the dark." Adds in a postscript that Forbes has made disclosures to [William Henry] Seward. Signed "S.G.H." Printed in F. B. Sanborn, Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, p. 260.
Courtesy of Boston Public Library
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Date
1858
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Boston Public Library
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