Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Sept[tember] 6. 1860

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Title:
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Sept[tember] 6. 1860
Description:
Samuel Joseph May informs William Lloyd Garrison of the meeting held the previous evening by the Committee organizing the celebration of the ninth anniversary of the "Rescue of Jerry", and relays his instructions to officially invite Garrison to join them on the occasion as a speaker at the celebration. May informs Garrison that Gerrit Smith will not be joining them, having "renounced the anniversary" the previous year. May asserts that Beriah Green and Frederick Douglass are the only abolitionists in the region upon whom they may comfortably rely, and declares his hopes that Garrison will find himself able to assist them. May informs Garrison that Douglass and his wife are currently staying at May's house in Syracuse, and that Douglass himself will be delivering a lecture in May's church. May urges Garrison to be mindful of his physical condition, reminding him that he has "entered a period of life in which you will find yourself less able than you once were to recover lost health".
Author:
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
September 6, 1860
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
United States.
Antislavery movements--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Fugitive slaves--United States--History--19th century
Civil disobedience--United States--History--19th century
African American abolitionists--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Meetings
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Fugitive slaves--United States
Civil disobedience--United States
African American abolitionists
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Green, Beriah, 1795-1874
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 24.9 x 20 cm.
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Place of origin:
Syracuse, [N.Y.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
4699028
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.30, p.110
Barcode:
39999066761436