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"DEATH OF COL. WILLIAM WHITING.
" Died in Concord, Sept. 29, 1862, WILLIAM
WmwI_, Esq., in the 74th year of his age.
" Thus we are again called--how frequent
these calls are coming--to record the depar-
ture, and lament the loss, of one of the early,
steadfast, brave, and single-minded friends of
the anti-slavery cause.
"Col. Whiting was one of those aboli-
tionists on principle, who could always be
trusted, of whom you might always be sure
where they stood, where they could be found.
Always modest and courteous, remarkably
gentle in manner, and with a most tender and
sensitive heart, he was, in his devotion to the
• anti-slavery cause, as firm as a rock, and ever at
the post of duty. For many years a vice-pres-
ident of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Soci-
ety, and for at least an equal period the pres-
ident of the Middlesex County Anti-Slavery
Society, he rendered to them the firm support
of an honest and high-souled man. ' The
memory of the just is blessed,' and leaves the
richest blessings after it. Even the great