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File name: 12_05_000025 Local call number: RARE BKS H.90.451 xxb Title: Presentation and farewell meeting!! Other title information: July 16, 1849 ... Colored Citizens of Boston ... will then present a silver pitcher to ... W. Lloyd Garrison : after which a farewell will be tendered to William W. Brown Genre: Broadsides Created/Published: [Boston] : Rand & Co. Date issued: 1849 (inferred) Physical description: 1 broadside ; 43 x 51 cm. Physical description note: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy of this broadside includes an inscription, at the head of the sheet, that reads, "This evening." General notes: Title from item.; Full text of this broadside reads: "Presentation and farewell meeting!! At Washington Hall, Bromfield Street, on Monday evening next, July 16, 1849, under auspices of the Colored Citizens of Boston, who will then present a silver pitcher to the champion of universal emancipation, W. Lloyd Garrison. After which a farewell will be tendered to William W. Brown, who is about to leave for Europe. Several early laborers in behalf of the Liberator are expected to be present. The exercises, to be blended with appropriate music, will commence at 7 1-2 o'clock. It is hoped that the occasion will commend itself to the special attendance of every true friend of the Anti-Slavery cause. A collection will be taken to defray expenses--the surplus to be appropriated in aid of Mr. Brown's mission ..." Date notes: Date from item. Subjects: Antislavery movements--Massachusetts--Boston; Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879; Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884; Colored Citizens of Boston Collection: Anti-Slavery Collection Location: Boston Public Library, Rare Books Department