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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2 1 1 Browse Search
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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2, Chapter 7: the World's Convention.—1840. (search)
a car, and full gallop for 161 Great Brunswick Street, the hearty home of Richard and Hannah Webb. No delegate to the World's Convention was more intelligent, more keenly interested, or more ardent than this delightful Irish Quaker, whose name will hereafter figure largely in these annals as one of the chief friends of the old organization and of Mr. Garrison personally in the United Kingdom. We cannot do better than to quote from a letter addressed by Richard Webb to Mr. Garrison on August 1, 1840 (in care of William Rathbone, Liverpool), beginning: I might readily cut a Ms. flourish about what N. P. Rogers might professionally call the day of the date of these presents [the anniversary of West India emancipation], and hastening to give a list of thirty-three wild Irish who enjoyed your company during the too short three days (the glorious three days!) during which you favored us with it: What shall I say? Thy visit has made the hearts of many Ms. of us burn within us in a