Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to Richard Davis Webb, July 21, 1854

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to Richard Davis Webb, July 21, 1854
Description:
May discusses some financial transactions and account balances. In a continuation of the letter, dated July 30 from Leicester, May alerts Webb that he cannot increase the subscription list of "The Anti-Slavery Advocate" in America because the burden of supporting the other anti-slavery papers is as much as abolitionists can bear. He comments on the new form of the "National Anti-Slavery Standard." In the final installment of the letter, dated August 4 from Leicester, May further discusses the particulars of their financial accounts. He tells Webb that he wants Parker Pillsbury to organize the Glasgow and Edinburgh abolitionists. He mentions August 1 celebrations at Abington Grove in Plymouth County, at Hopedale in Worcester County, and in Flushing, New York. May ends by discussing international politics, including the tense situation between the United States and Spain over Cuba and the pending "treaty of amity" between the United States and Russia.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
July 21, 1854
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
Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Extent:
3 leaves (10 p.) ; 5 1/2 x 8 in.
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Place of origin:
Boston
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4531993
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.5, p.27
Barcode:
39999063859548