Letter from Parker Pillsbury, Glasgow, [Scotland], to Samuel May, 11 April 1855

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Title:
Letter from Parker Pillsbury, Glasgow, [Scotland], to Samuel May, 11 April 1855
Description:
Pillsbury received his appointment as English agent of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. He tells May that he came near to an open quarrel with William Henry Channing and Russell Lant Carpenter over the plan to eulogize Frederick Douglass in "The Anti-Slavery Advocate." He denounces the attempted merger of the American Anti-Slavery Society and the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. Pillsbury says that he has to do a lot of unofficial work and describes the state of his health and finances. He expects to develop new sources of donations for the anti-slavery fair. He discusses the "The New York Independent" and the newspaper's attack on him. Pillsbury says that Frederick Douglass should be ignored and that George Thompson is absorbed in the peace cause. Pillsbury tells May that he sent Harriet Martineau's account of Charlotte Brontèˆ to "The Anti-Slavery Bugle."
Author:
Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
April 11, 1855
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
Extent:
3 leaves (12 p.) ; 4 1/2 x 7 in.
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Place of origin:
Glasgow, [Scotland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4533783
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.5, p.63
Barcode:
39999063859332