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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) BROWN, JOHN.
To the Friends of
Freedom.
Broadside, in the form of an “open letter,” 9
3
/
4
x 7
1
/
2
inches; two minor holo-
graph corrections appear to be in Brown’s hand.
Lawrence, KS, 1856
[1,000/1,500]
A scarce broadside with an interesting twist. Beneath the primary text, in which Brown asks for dona-
tions for the cause; there are two printed letters in praise of Brown, one from C. Robinson and another
from Gerrit Smith. A printer’s error in Smith’s letter has been changed from “I know your unshrink-
ing bravery, your self-satisfying benevolence” to “your self-sacrificing” benevolence. A considerable
change indeed in the meaning. A comparison with an ALS from Brown, written in 1856, offered in
Christie’s sale of 18 December 2003 looks very much like the handwriting here.