Copy of a letter from Samuel May, Leicester, [Mass.], to Ezra Stiles Gannett, July 7, 1847

Item Information

Title:
Copy of a letter from Samuel May, Leicester, [Mass.], to Ezra Stiles Gannett, July 7, 1847
Description:
In this original draft, May begins with a brief history of the communications from the Irish Unitarians. He discusses the charge that Gannett had been discourteous to the Irish in failing to answer their 1843 letter. May objects to the difference in treatment accorded to the Peace Address of the British Unitarians and the Irish letter of 1843.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Gannett, Ezra S. (Ezra Stiles), 1801-1871
Date:
July 7, 1847
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
Gannett, Ezra S. (Ezra Stiles), 1801-1871
Extent:
1 leaf (10 p.) ; 8 x 10 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv144984c
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Leicester, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
This draft is heavily edited by May.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4531123
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.3, p.29
Barcode:
39999063810483