Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, March 11. 1858

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Title:
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, March 11. 1858
Description:
Samuel Joseph May informs William Lloyd Garrison that his absence from the Albany Convention was "deeply regretted by all" and a "sore disappointment" to those who had yet to see Garrison speak, but states that nonetheless the affair went well, with respectable attendance. May notifies Garrison that he may expect a full report of the proceedings to be published in the following week's Anti-Slavery Standard. May states that the resolutions were undertaken in an attempt to "set before the minds of the people the present political and relgious aspects of our nation, as they appear to us at this time", and recounts that the resolutions were enunicated by speakers including Wendell Phillips, Charles Lenox Remond, Aaron Macy Powell, and Susan B. Anthony. May informs Garrison that they opened the discussion at the convention to any who "dissented in any respect or measure from our doctrines, or methods" and allowed these parties to address the floor in response. May states that on the second day of the convention, Reverend A. D. Mayo "unexpectedly gave us a speech of great ability", but asserts that the final day of the convention was the best, and that the audience seemed "reluctant rather than impatient to depart". May notifies Garrison that, at the suggestion of Susan B. Anthony, the decision was made to host an anti-slavery convention yearly in Albany the week following the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society.
Author:
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
March 11, 1858
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
Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Congresses and conventions
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
New York State Anti-Slavery Society
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Remond, Charles Lenox, 1810-1873
Powell, Aaron M. (Aaron Macy), 1832-1899
Mayo, A. D. (Amory Dwight), 1823-1907
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906
National anti-slavery standard
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 17.3 x 21.8 cm.
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Place of origin:
Syracuse, [N.Y.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
4699070
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.28, p.22
Barcode:
39999066762871