Letter from Eliza Wigham, Edinburgh, to Samuel May, 4.4.1860

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Eliza Wigham, Edinburgh, to Samuel May, 4.4.1860
Description:
Wigham sends money to William Shreve Bailey by way of May. She requests four additional copies of James Redpath's "The Public Life of Capt. John Brown," and one or two copies of Hinton Rowan Helper's "Impending Crisis of the South," as her own copy was given to George Thompson, who plans to lecture from it. Wigham also mentions the death of the youngest daughter of Frederick Douglass.
Author:
Wigham, Eliza
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
April 4, 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
Wigham, Eliza
Extent:
2 leaves (5 p.) ; 5 x 7 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv143371w
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Edinburgh
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4534142
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.8, p.18
Barcode:
39999063802886