Letter from Samuel May, Boston, Massachusetts, to John Bishop Estlin, Feb. 2, 1849

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Boston, Massachusetts, to John Bishop Estlin, Feb. 2, 1849
Description:
May announces the shipment to Estlin of periodicals and other items, including a "Panorama" of Boston from the top of Bunker Hill. He says Boston is a pro-slavery community due to the city's cotton mills. He reports that the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society was very successful and that two escaped slaves, William Craft and his wife, were in attendance. May says that his wife sends Miss Estlin a copy of "Leaves from Margaret Smith's Journal" by John Greenleaf Whittier. May discusses Ohio's "Black laws" and mentions the attempted revival of religion by Unitarians.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Estlin, J. B. (John Bishop), 1785-1855
Date:
February 2, 1849
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Estlin, J. B. (John Bishop), 1785-1855
Extent:
2 leaves (8 p.) ; 8 x 10 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv144782d
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Boston, Massachusetts
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4534464
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.2, p.87
Barcode:
39999063810939