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No. IX.
LETTER FROM MR. JOHN H. THORNDIKE* TO THE
EDITOR.
In this morning s Advertiser is a letter over the
signature of Mr. Wendell Phillips, which contains
such gross misstatements as to what occurred at the
time of the
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Garrison Mob," that I am impelled to
write you what I know upon the subject. I would
not say that Mr. Phillips intentionally says that
which is not true, for it is fair to suppose that one of
his excitable temperament, and taking the part which
he did in the antislavery movement at that time,
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neither saw nor heard correctly. Upon the
afternoon of that day, as I was walking down Wash
ington Street, on the way to my office in State Street,
I saw, when near Joy s Building, a large crowd of
people, and curiosity led me on to the corner of
Court Street. I asked a laborer there what the mat
ter was ; he answered that there were two or three
men up there preaching to a lot of women about
slavery. I went a little farther, and found myself
next to Mr. John L. Dimmock, who appeared to be
doing what he could to allay the excitement which
was momentarily increasing. Men had crowded up
the stairs of the building where the meeting was
held, and there was much loud talk by some of them
in the mob.
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Cries were distinctly heard, Tear down
Mr. Dimmock said to two men whom he
the sign !
* Lately President of the Water Board.
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