Copy of a letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Mass., to Edward Brooks Hall, [Oct. 24th, 1850?]

Item Information

Title:
Copy of a letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Mass., to Edward Brooks Hall, [Oct. 24th, 1850?]
Description:
May explains that the proceeds of the National Anti-Slavery Society, which publishes the "National Anti-Slavery Standard" and other anti-slavery tracts, hires lecturers who speak anywhere and at any time they can find an audience. He clarifies that the lecturers are not authorized to speak against ordinary Sabbath observance and that George Armstrong evidently got the impression that the Anti-Slavery meetings were devoted to anti-Sabbatarianism. May expresses his view that an abolition meeting is not an abuse of Sunday and states that he does not believe the hours of Sunday are any holier than those of any other day.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Hall, Edward B. (Edward Brooks), 1800-1866
Date:
[October 24, 1850?]
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
Hall, Edward B. (Edward Brooks), 1800-1866
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Extent:
3 leaves (12 p.) ; 5 x 8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv144d395
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Leicester, Mass
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
This letter, written in Samuel May's hand, is labeled a copy of a letter written by May from Leicester on October 24, 1850.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4535119
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.4, p.12
Barcode:
39999063810129