Boston, Sept. 1, 1861. : Dear Friend:--No ordinary emergency compels us to address you, and to urge for our cause's sake your best attention to this our appeal...

Composed by William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips and Samuel May, Jr.
Part of the Jacob Heaton scrapbook, which contains over 100 entries, letters, photographs, engravings and ephemera related primarily to the abolitionist movement. Items of importance have been described in 45 individual catalog records (MA 1305.1-45); see collection record for more information.