Letter from Samuel Joseph, Syracuse, [New York], to Roger Folger Wallcut, 1864 Jan[uar]y 6

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Samuel Joseph, Syracuse, [New York], to Roger Folger Wallcut, 1864 Jan[uar]y 6
Description:
Samuel Joseph May writes to Robert Folger Wallcut asking for the Liberator to be sent to the Syracuse Franklin Institute and to himself. He also comments that "we are all stricken down and afflicted by the tidings of the heavy calamity that has fallen upon dear Garrison and his loving family."
Author:
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Addressee:
Wallcut, Robert Folger, 1797-1884
Date:
January 6, 1864
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
Franklin Institute (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Wallcut, Robert Folger, 1797-1884
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 21 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2v23xp30x
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Syracuse, [New York]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper with the embossed letters "J G M" in the head- spine corner. Above the embossed letters, "To R.F. Wallcut" is written in a different shade of ink and a different handwriting, while the number "4" is written in pencil under the salutation. On verso, along the head edge, "Saml. J. May Syracuse N.Y. 8 Jany. 1864" is written in a different shade of black ink and a different handwriting.
Identifier:
5091163
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.33, p.3A
Barcode:
39999085425526