ALS signed “John G. Whittier,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 6.75, July 20, 1887. Handwritten letter to a friend, in part: "It is a matter of real regret to me that I am not able to be with you on the occasion of the birthday of our worthy friend, Edwin Thompson. I have known him as a faithful and self-sacrificing advocate of all good causes. More than fifty years ago I met him at the convention which formed the First Temperance Society in Essex County, and about the same time, at the formation of the Essex Anti-Slavery Society. Since then, his genial face and cheering voice has been rarely missed wherever the Friends of Temperance and Freedom meet together. He was always a welcome speaker: like President Lincoln he had the first of storytelling, and his stories were always to the purpose, putting to shame his opponents with ready wit and humor. Through the long Anti-Slavery struggle, his labors were unremitting, but he was always brave and hopeful and, in the midst of persecution, never posed as a martyr…It is fitting that we should honor him and congratulate him that his 78th birthday finds him the same cheerful, warm-hearted man we have known so long." In fine condition, with a small piece of old tape to the top of the inner hinge.
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