Letter from Eliza Wigham, Edinburgh, to Samuel May, 28.6.1861

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Eliza Wigham, Edinburgh, to Samuel May, 28.6.1861
Description:
Wigham thanks May for a shipment of books and sends her regrets for his poor health. She warns against a compromise with slaveholding, stating that the North is not adhering to true abolition principles and neither is General Benjamin F. Butler when he declares slaves are contrabands of war.
Author:
Wigham, Eliza
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
June 28, 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
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Wigham, Eliza
Extent:
2 leaves (4 p.) ; 4 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. + 1 envelope
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv143589r
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Edinburgh
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
May's writing on the envelope reads, "Rec'd July 13, 1861."
Envelope addressed to 221 Washington Street, Boston.
Identifier:
4534213
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.8, p.64
Barcode:
39999063811333