Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to Richard Davis Webb, Feb. 27, 1853

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to Richard Davis Webb, Feb. 27, 1853
Description:
May announces the shipment of the annual box of reports and pamphlets. He complains that quite a number of copies of the "Anti-Slavery Advocate" have not been received and discusses the means of paying for the subscriptions. May informs Webb that he asked William Lloyd Garrison to write to Frederick William Chesson. May tells Webb that Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin" will be published soon. He asks for fifty copies of the "Poetical Instructor - Part 2." May reports the duties paid on the boxes of contributions and gives the total receipts from the Bazaars for a period of years. He asserts that he regards the "Advocate" as very useful to the abolition cause and tells Webb that the "National Anti-Slavery Standard" will be changed in form. May says that the annual meeting of the American Anti-Slavery Society may be held in Brooklyn, but if not, then will likely be held in Syracuse. He mentions an English missionary named William Scott Downey and his book of proverbs.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
February 27, 1853
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
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 8 x 10 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv144g09v
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Boston
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4530290
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.4, p.59
Barcode:
39999063859829