Letter from Samuel May, Jr., New York and Leicester, [Mass.], to Richard Davis Webb, May 9, 1860

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., New York and Leicester, [Mass.], to Richard Davis Webb, May 9, 1860
Description:
May tells Webb that Dr. George Barrell Cheever, Reverend A.B. Bradford, Reverend Dr. Beriah Green, and Reverend Daniel Worth spoke at the annual meeting of the American Anti-Slavery Society in New York. Worth had just been released from a North Carolina prison, having been convicted of circulating Hinton Rowan Helper's "The Impending Crisis of the South."
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
May 9, 1860
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
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
American Anti-Slavery Society
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 5 x 8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/6w924s63x
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
New York ; Leicester, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
May states on the second page, "I close my note at Leicester, whither I have just returned."
Identifier:
4534505
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.8, p.24
Barcode:
39999063802944