Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, [Mass.], to Charles Calistus Burleigh, April 14, '61

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Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, [Mass.], to Charles Calistus Burleigh, April 14, '61
Description:
May tells Burleigh that "the news of the disastrous result at Ft. Sumter quite unfits me for writing." May acknowledges receipt of the annual report manuscript for the American Anti-Slavery Society and gives instructions concerning the report. He discusses the merits of the different anti-slavery papers as source material.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Burleigh, Charles C. (Charles Calistus), 1810-1878
Date:
April 14, 1861
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
Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.)--Siege, 1861
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
American Anti-Slavery Society
Burleigh, Charles C. (Charles Calistus), 1810-1878
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 5 x 6 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv143550j
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Leicester, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4534717
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.8, p.55
Barcode:
39999063811242