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[444] 1752; d. Brooklyn, Conn., Dec. 11, 1836], ancestry, 1.426, career, 425, host of Lundy, 425, of G., 338, 340, 342, 390, advises compromise of G.'s suit, 391, shelters P. Crandall and scholars, 424, Pres. N. E. A. S. S., 425, journey, 2.46, death, 120.— Letters to G. W. Benson, 1.338, 2.37, Henry Benson, 2.87; from G., 1.424, 468, 2: b. Father of Benson, George William [b. Providence, R. I., Feb. 15, 1808; d. Lawrence, Kans., Aug. 14, 1879], wool-merchant, 1.273, partner of W. M. Chace, 2.46; makes acquaintance of G., 1.274, of P. Crandall, 317, assists her, 319, 320, accompanies G. to Brooklyn, 338, 340; summoned to Nat. A. S. Convention, 393; reports the breach with A. Tappan, 471; rumored imprisonment, 517, 519; goes to Brooklyn, 518, 521, to Boston, 2.38; reports G.'s review of Channing, 91; at stable meeting of Mass. A. S. S., 125, part in Peace Convention, 224, 227, in Connecticut A. S. meeting, 334, 335, at Am. A. S. S. anniversary, 356; cares for J. H. Garrison, 358; summoned to Chardon St. Convention, 424.— Letters to S. J. May, 1.471, G., 2.38, Henry Benson, 2.41; from Geo. Benson, 1.338, 2.37, Henry Benson, 1.281, 452, 473, 491, 493, 2.3, G., 1.312, 320, 344, 393, 394, 420, 429, 450, 463, 466, 516, 519, 2.27, 51, 52, 82, 12, 116, 123, 28, 138, 159, 167, 173, 189, 196, 218, 237, 240, 262, 268, 284, 328, 332, 334, 423, A. Crandall, 1.317, H. C. Wright, 2.339, J. C. Jackson, 346, 359, W. M. Chace, 2.354.

Benson, Helen Eliza, first sight of G., 1.422; captivates him, 395, 422; her person, 422, disposition, 423; family darling, 424; sense of example to colored people, 427, bread-and-water spirit, 433; marriage to G., 427.—Letters to G., 1.427, 433;from G., 1.429, 433, 448, C. Stuart, 1.457.—See Garrison, H. E. Benson, Henry Egbert [b. Providence, R. I., July 31, 1814; d. there Jan. 6, 1837], on G.'s anticolonization views, 1.261, 262, becomes agent of Lib., 274, first meets G., 286, 288, urged to form an A. S. Soc., 314, visit from P. Crandall, 317; reports Canterbury town meeting, 320, and G.'s speech in Providence, 338; boards with G., 2.41; on Boston mob feeling, 1.491; companion of Thompson, 2.2, 3; to Providence, 8, 44, to Boston, 45; with G. after mob, 47, 48, 49; joins Thompson at St. John, 50, 51, 122, return, 53; greets G., 67; lodges with him, 69, with Knapp, 96, 98; hears Channing preach, 98; failing health, 120, death, 121; tribute of S. J. May, 121, C. C. Burleigh, 124.— Letters to S. J. May, 1.262, 262, 286, G. W. Benson, 1.281, 452, 473, 491, 493, 2.3, G., 1.317, 320, 322, 2.85, I. Knapp, 1.338; from G., 1.113, 223, 1.274, 301, 314, 515, 516, 518, 521, 2.53, 6, 63, 84, 88, 109, 110, 112, 114, G. Benson, 2.87, G. W. Benson, 2.41, A. Crandall, 1.344, C. C. Burleigh, 2.39.

Benson, Mary [1797-1842], journey to Philadelphia, 2.210, 212, 213.—Letters from G., 2.52, 253, 280.

Benson, Sarah Thurber [1770-1844], 1.424, 2.423.—Letters from G., 2.208, 213.

Benson, Sarah Thurber [1799-1850].—Letters from G., 2.229, 238.

Benton, Thomas Hart [1782-1858], upholds slavery in Texas, 1.153, denounces abolition pictures, 232; makes light of Cherokee outrage, 271; slow to discern A. S. agitation, 416; opposes Calhoun's bill for censorship of mails, 2.74; praises Northern doughfaces, 80; fears Southern ultraism, 81.

Bethune, George Washington, Rev. [1805-1862], 1.447.

Bexley, Lord [1766-1851], 1.367.

Bible Society. See Am. Bible Society.

Biblical Repertory (Princeton), 2.78.

Birney, James Gillespie [b. Danville, Ky., Feb. 4, 1792; d. Eagleswood, N. J., Nov. 24, 1857], leaves Colonization Soc., 1.421, 422, 454; defended by G., 458; literary style, 461; Ky. A. S. Soc., 479; letter to Ala. Vigilance Com., 232; printing-office destroyed, 2.77, personal peril, 93; letter from Channing, 98, tribute to G., 122, 132, disclaims Channing's compliments, 132; censures G. for course towards Clerical Appeal, 166; visits J. Q. Adams, 196; opposed to A. S. party, 310; at quarterly meeting Mass. A. S. S., 287, 288; reads non-resistants out of ranks, 289, 294; reply from G., 300-305, from Leavitt, 304, defended by L. Lee, 304; opposes enrolment of women, 297; resolutions on political duty, 299; Third Party views opposed by L. Tappan, 312; declines Warsaw nomination for President, 319; circular to A. S. agents, 320; in Connecticut, 334; Third Party efforts, 339; renominated for President, 342; proposed amendments to A. S. Constitution, 344; opposes female delegates at World's Convention, 372, favors anti-pro-slavery-church resolutions, 380; speaks at meeting of British and Foreign A. S. S., 382, 383, at S. Gurney's, 387; discredits G. in England, 431; return to U. S., 431; vote for President, 428, 436.

Black, Adam [1784-1874], publisher of Quarterly Review, 2.395, at breakfast to G., 397.

Blagden, George Washington, Rev. [d. 1884, aged 83], pro-slavery, 2.105, succeeded by Fitch, 136, charged with slaveholding, 137, 163.

Blair, James [d. 1834], 1.303.

Blake, George, 2.103.

Blanchard, Abijah, Rev., 1.278.

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