Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, April 17. [18]49

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Title:
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, April 17. [18]49
Description:
Samuel Joseph May writes William Lloyd Garrison that he has been occupied with tending to a young couple of his society who has just lost their only child, stating that he was left "shuddering at the trials of feeling and facility that await us in this life" while simultaneously noting that he has often witnessed that "the deeply afflicted are the most resigned and confiding in God". May relays to Garrison that the child's sudden death was reminiscent of that of his first child, and recounts his own grief at this loss. May writes that he came to view his suffering as for his own good, as it represented his "heavenly Father's will". May informs Garrison that he had only learned of the death of Garrison's son, Charles Follen Garrison, in the last issue of the Liberator, and offers his profound sympathies to Garrison.
Author:
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[April 17, 1849]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Grief--Psychological aspects
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Bereavement--Religious aspects
Grief--Religious aspects
Grief
Psychology
Children--Death--Religious aspects
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Independent (New York, N.Y.)
National anti-slavery standard
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 21.4 x 29.1 cm.
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Place of origin:
Syracuse, [N.Y.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript is encapsulated.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4699065
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.18, p.57
Barcode:
39999066762673