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Title: Autographs for freedom
Year: 1854 (1850s)
Authors: Griffiths, Julia, -1895 Rochester Ladies' Anti-slavery Society
Subjects: Slavery
Publisher: Auburn, Alden, Beardsley & Co. Rochester, Wanzer, Beardsley & Co.
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
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%■ ictji B^twt at flajifortr fall JT was a pleasant morning in May,—I believe that isthe orthodox Vv^ay of beginning a story,—when C.and I took the cars to go into the country to PlayfordHall. And whats Playford Hall ? you say. Andwhy did you go to see it As to what it is, here isa reasonablj^ good picture before you. As to why, itY/as for many years the residence of Thomas Clarkson,and is now the residence of his venerable widow andher family. Playford Hall is considered, I think, the oldest ofthe fortified houses in England, and is, I am told, theonly one that has water in the moat. The waterwhich is seen girdling the wall in the picture, is themoat; it surrounds the place entirely, leaving noaccess except across the bridge, which is here repre-sented. 278 A Day Spext at After crossing tliis bridgej you come into a greenconrt-yard, filled Avith choice plants and floweringslirnbs, and carpeted with that thick, soft, velvet-likegrass, which is to be found nowhere else in so perf

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