Letter from Charles Callistus, Plainfield, [Connecticut], to Samuel May, [18]51 [July] 3

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Title:
Letter from Charles Callistus, Plainfield, [Connecticut], to Samuel May, [18]51 [July] 3
Description:
Charles C. Burleigh writes to Samuel May stating that May's last letter reached him "five days later than it ought to have done." He tells May he is unable to answer all of his questions and does not think he can make it to the meetings in Cummington and Chester Village to lecture. Burleigh says his "wife is expecting her confinement at almost any hour, & of course I cannot leave her in her present condition." He says he is "exceedingly sorry, not only for the disappointment of the people who will gather at the meetings, but still more that so heavy a burden will fall upon Lucy [Stone]." Burleigh says that he is unsure if he will be attend the meetings in Harwich & Plymouth County, but if May must make arrangements he advises him to "give up the thought of me going, & reckon upon some one else to attend them." He then discusses the possible identities of "the 'prominent abolitionists' who wouldn't attend my lecture in Hingham," suspecting that "Anna Thaxter was one of them." He tells May that all he he has heard about it "is what the scrap you send me says, unless it be what might be gathered from a brief conversation between Andrews & myself ..." Burleigh says that Andrews did not want him to acknowledge "Richardson's discourse" during his address.
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Author:
Burleigh, Charles C. (Charles Calistus), 1810-1878
Date:
[July 3, 1851]
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
Burleigh, Charles C. (Charles Calistus), 1810-1878
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 17 cm.
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Place of origin:
Plainfield, [Connecticut]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5961356
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.20, p.62
Barcode:
39999085842852