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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1, Chapter 5: Bennington and the Journal of the Times—1828-29. (search)
n Society, and announced as his theme, Dangers to the Nation. Ten days before the Fourth a malicious attempt to annoy and embarrass him was made, which he described in the following letter to a friend in Newburyport: W. L. Garrison to Jacob Horton. Mr. Horton had married Mr. Garrison's old friend and playmate, Harriet Farnham. Boston, Saturday, June 27, 1829. My Dear Jacob: I am very reluctantly obliged to solicit a Ms., now (1885) in possession of Thos. Mack, Boston. favor ofMr. Horton had married Mr. Garrison's old friend and playmate, Harriet Farnham. Boston, Saturday, June 27, 1829. My Dear Jacob: I am very reluctantly obliged to solicit a Ms., now (1885) in possession of Thos. Mack, Boston. favor of you, which, if granted, shall be cancelled in a few weeks. On Wednesday, the clerk of a militia company, (a poor, worthless scamp,) presented a bill of $4, for failure of appearance on May muster, and at the choice of officers. The fact is, I had been in the city but a fortnight, from my Vermont residence, when the notification came; and, as I expected to leave in a very short time, I neglected to get a certificate of my incapacity to train on account of short-sightedness. Moreover, thoug