Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to Richard Davis Webb, March 31, 1853

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Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to Richard Davis Webb, March 31, 1853
Description:
May discusses shipments, import duties, subscriptions, and deliveries of the "Anti-Slavery Advocate." He reports on the amount of the proceeds of the anti-slavery fair. May informs Webb that William Lloyd Garrison attempted to convert Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe to his view of abolition and that Garrison warned her against a group of his Glasgow opponents. May also reports briefly the contents of a letter that Mrs. Stowe wrote to Garrison in which she confesses to having believed prior to meeting him that he was "a wolf among wolves," but that she now believes him to be "a sheep in wolf's clothing." May says that Oliver Johnson will resume the editorship of the "National Anti-Slavery Standard," Garrison is moving to another home, and Mrs. Stowe wants to found a colored normal school with the money earned by "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
March 31, 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
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 8 x 10 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv144g257
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Boston
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4534197
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.4, p.63
Barcode:
39999063863201