Letter from Samuel Joseph May, South Scituate, [Mass], to William Lloyd Garrison, Jan[uary] 18 1841

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, South Scituate, [Mass], to William Lloyd Garrison, Jan[uary] 18 1841
Description:
Samuel Joseph May thanks William Lloyd Garrison for his letter, and opines that Garrison's work will ever be interesting to him, bound as they are in the same struggle. May informs Garrison that he is in the midst of preparing a sermon on idolatry, declaring "[h]ow much there is of it in the world", finding there to be few who "love God more than they love some temporal good". May informs Garrison that he will likely be in attendance at the annual meeting, but adds that he hesitates to assent to speak at the gathering, asserting that he "never [speaks] well in Boston".
Author:
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
January 18, 1841
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--Congresses--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Idolatry--United States--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Congresses and conventions
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Idolatry
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 20.3 x 25.2 cm.
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Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
South Scituate, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript addressed to "William L. Garrison 29 Cornhill. Boston."
Identifier:
4698962
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.11, p.32
Barcode:
39999066762624