Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Boston, to Samuel Joseph May, Feb.2 / [18]54

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Boston, to Samuel Joseph May, Feb.2 / [18]54
Description:
Writing to Samuel J. May (Recipient), Samuel May Jr. (Writer) talks about a bazaar, and the pricing and distribution of pamphlets. Per Recipient’s request Writer reports about Frederick Douglass and says that there has been nothing special and that Douglass made few remarks at the annual meeting, “evidently felt strangeness in that company.” Writer says he is glad to hear about the progresses of Recipient’s meetings in Syracuse. He then criticizes Unitarians for being sectarian and narrow and “dead to all true and Christian work.” The letter ends with an update about Writer’s family.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Date:
[February 2, 1854]
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
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 18 x 23 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/6w925h82n
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Boston
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4494078
Call #:
MS A.6.1 p.52
Barcode:
39999089663288