8 7/8 x 11 3/8 in. handbill (old creases, soiling and some separations on integral leaf, with a repair to first leaf). Signed in type by William Lloyd Garrison. Addressed to G. Pendleton of Washington D.C. on address panel on integral leaf, with 5 February 1482, Boston postmark and Free frank stamp. Sealed with abolitionist paper seal reading: "To protect the weak is honorable; to oppress them mean. Which epithet belongs to the slaveholder?" 

The text reports on a meeting in Boston on 28 January 1842 "favorable to the immediate abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia." William Lloyd Garrison was unanimously called to the chair with other officers selected. Follows are 12 resolutions adopted all regarding enslavement at both the Federal and individual state levels.