Letter from Charles Calistus Burleigh, Plainfield, [Connecticut], to Samuel May, [18]50 [June] 26th

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Title:
Letter from Charles Calistus Burleigh, Plainfield, [Connecticut], to Samuel May, [18]50 [June] 26th
Description:
C.C. Burleigh writes to Samuel May comparing May's last letter to "[Henry] Clay in his Compromise Bill, you have put so many things together, to be decided in the lump, that I am in perplexity what to say." He states he will let May decide whether to send him to Blackstone or Lexington, warning that he may have to be at home for part of the week. Burleigh asks May to let him know of his decision while he is in New York and discusses how the decision will impact his choice of travel to return to Plainfield, by taking either the "propeller" or "line" boat. He also proposes some places for Sunday antislavery meetings along the Norwich railroad in Connecticut, including Danielsonville, Wilkinsonville or Quinebaug, Central Village, Brooklyn, and Willimantic. Burleigh names some people residing in each town and suggests that May write to them for more information. He then discusses the prospects for a meeting in New London, Connecticut, telling May that he should coordinate the meeting there with Savillion Haley, "a hearty abolitionist & a good deal of a radical on all points on which the county is agitated in these days, I believe." In the postscript, Burleigh details how he may spend the next week, depending on May's instructions.
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Author:
Burleigh, Charles C. (Charles Calistus), 1810-1878
Date:
[June 26, 1850]
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--Lectures and lecturing--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Lectures and lecturing
Meetings
Social reformers--United States
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Coe, Henry
Haley, Savillion
Burleigh, Charles C. (Charles Calistus), 1810-1878
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
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Place of origin:
Plainfield, [Connecticut]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "Samuel May Jr. Leicester, Mass."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5921566
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.19, p.36
Barcode:
39999085841052