Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Brooklyn, [Connecticut], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1834 Nov[ember] 24

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Title:
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Brooklyn, [Connecticut], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1834 Nov[ember] 24
Description:
Samuel Joseph May writes to William Lloyd Garrison describing his last visit with the family of George Benson, Garrison's in-laws. He then says that George Thompson's "reception in Providence is most auspicious" and asks Garrison if he has found a place for Thompson to lecture in Boston yet. May also asks Garrison about "Dr. [William Ellery] Channing," questioning if he "has indeed taken the position of a real abolitionist?" He complains of not receiving a bundle of pamphlets from Garrison about Prudence Crandall's trial, and asks for additional pamphlets, including Charles Follen's "Address to the People of the U.S.A.," which he intends to send to sympathetic slaveholders in the South. May also discusses a letter he is planning to write to his brother "Thomas of Concord showing him that holding human beings as property is a sin of the deepest dye." In the postscript, May asks to "Remember me kindly to Mr. [Isaac] Knapp" and provides instructions for Garrison to send the bundle of pamphlets he requested.
Author:
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
November 24, 1834
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
Antislavery movements--Publishing--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Publishers and publishing
Christianity
Social reformers--United States
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Benson, George, 1752-1836
Thompson, George, 1804-1878
Channing, William Ellery, 1780-1842
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
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Place of origin:
Brooklyn, [Connecticut]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "Mr Willm Lloyd Garrison. Editor of the Liberator Boston."
Identifier:
5143465
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.4, p.79
Barcode:
39999085506200