Letter from Eliza Wigham, Edinburgh, to Samuel May, Jr., 24 1 62

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Eliza Wigham, Edinburgh, to Samuel May, Jr., 24 1 62
Description:
Stating "We are not at all surprised that your [government] is not Anti-Slavery," Wigham recommends that the American people urge the President to issue an emancipation proclamation. She charges the British and American press with provoking hostilities and adds that the stone blockade of Charleston harbor has aroused much indignation in London. Wigham is pleased at the peaceful termination of the Mason and Slidell incident and mentions an article in the Times that attacked the two figures. She states that there was much resentment against Mason and Slidell in England. Wigham thinks that the horrors of Slavery should be brought home to the English press; she tells of an attempt of the Free Church Commission to help the American pro-Slavery churches.
Author:
Wigham, Eliza
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
January 24, 1862
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
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Trent Affair, 1861
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Wigham, Eliza
Extent:
3 leaves (10 p.) + 1 envelope
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h740z23k
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Edinburgh
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Handwritten note on envelope, "Rec'd Feb. 11, 1862. Ans'd [Feb.] 18 [1862] (partially)."
Identifier:
4534775
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.9, p.7
Barcode:
39999063861064