Letter from Joseph J. Locke, Nashua, N[ew] H[ampshire], to Samuel May, 1853 June 20

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Title:
Letter from Joseph J. Locke, Nashua, N[ew] H[ampshire], to Samuel May, 1853 June 20
Description:
Joseph J. Locke writes to Samuel May discussing antislavery meetings he held in Nashua, Weare, and New Ispwich. He says that he has held "two good Anti-Slavery meetings in this priestridden village [Nashua]" and collected about $4.50, despite the opposition of the local clergy. One week earlier, he held meetings in Weare, where "the cause has many warm & devoted friends" and "donations to me were very liberal." Before that, he held meetings in New Ipswich where "the compensation received in the Col[lection]s was entirely satisfactory." Locke then asks May if he is now considered "an agent of the Mass[achusetts Anti-Slavery] Society, as he was told his agency would end in May but he has "not been informed whether it did or not." He says he does not plan to lecture much until September but asks, "shall I do so in the name & as a[n] agent of the Mass. Society.?"
Author:
Locke, Joseph J.
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
August 20, 1853
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--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Meetings
Social reformers--United States
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Locke, Joseph J.
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z110x34n
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Place of origin:
Nashua, N[ew] H[ampshire]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "Rev. Samuel May Jr. Leicester. Mass." and includes a brown, three-cents stamp featuring a portrait of George Washington.
Identifier:
5982108
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.22, p.84
Barcode:
39999085847067