Letter from Caleb Stetson, South Scituate, [Massachusetts], to Samuel May, [1850] July 25

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Caleb Stetson, South Scituate, [Massachusetts], to Samuel May, [1850] July 25
Description:
Caleb Stetson writes to Samuel May in response to his invitation to attend the celebrations for the anniversary of the end of slavery in the British West Indies, on August 1 in Worcester. Stetson says, "I hope to be there but I am not yet certain that I can. I am afraid of being kept at home by a mournful duty."
Author:
Stetson, Caleb, 1793-1870
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
[July 25, 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
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Stetson, Caleb, 1793-1870
Extent:
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 26 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z110h53c
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
South Scituate, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5925998
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.19, p.58
Barcode:
39999085841201