Holograph, signed.

William Lloyd Garrison lists several reasons why he has decided to stay in Providence until Monday. The package containing the editorial about Arkansas was lost in the mail. A bank robber was arrested in New York and charged with the theft of $25,000,000 from one of the railroad cars between Providence and Boston. George William Benson has put in a claim "for the $10,000 reward, or a portion of it, as he is confident that he gave the first information respecting the thief to the Bank Directors; and, by the terms of their advertisement, you will perceive that the reward was offered to any one who would give any information that should lead to the detection of the robber." The botanical doctor, Dr. M'Intyre, gave William L. Garrison a prescription that has worked with some success, but Garrison does not believe that it will do permanent good. Garrison writes: "It is raining somewhat violently this afternoon, but the shower is quite refreshing to man and beast."

Merrill, Walter M. Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, v.2, no.25.