Journalist, editor, and social reformer (1805-1879) best known as one of the most influential abolitionists in the decades leading up to the Civil War. ALS signed “Wm. Lloyd Garrison,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.5 x 9.75, December 22, 1855. Handwritten letter to his friends James and Abby Gibbons, expressing his sympathies on a great loss. In part: "Of what avail are the tenderest expressions of sympathy and affection, when the soul is overwhelmed by a great bereavement which admits of no remedy, but takes from us the object around which all the nerves and fibres of our being are entwined? Yes, as sickness in my own household and pressing local engagements, deeply to my regret, prevent my being with you to-morrow, at the funeral services of as noble a youth as ever blessed parental love, I cannot forbear giving utterance to my feelings in a hurried letter, worthless as all language seems in such a trying exigency." Impressively cloth-matted and framed with a portrait, copy of the front, and biographical caption to an overall size of 45 x 25, with a window in the backing for viewing the opposing side. In fine condition.
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