Letter from Parker Pillsbury, Dublin, to Samuel May, May 4, 1855

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Parker Pillsbury, Dublin, to Samuel May, May 4, 1855
Description:
Pillsbury gives directions about certain correspondence. He condemns "The New York Independent" as a "very troublesome paper" and tells May that he wishes to expose the Turkish Mission plan. Pillsbury discusses Frederick Douglass' friends in England and says that George Thompson is to be the chief speaker at the upcoming anniversary of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. He comments caustically on the tactics of this society. Pillsbury informs May that the May issue of "The Anti-Slavery Reporter" deals mostly with Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's visit to the Boston Anti-Slavery Fair and other American affairs. He mentions the Grand Rally of the Maine Liquor Law supporters, for which James Haughton and Richard Allen are the principal leaders.
Author:
Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
May 4, 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
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Extent:
2 leaves (8 p.) ; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. + 1 envelope
Permalink:
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Place of origin:
Dublin
Language:
English
Notes:
Addressed to 21 Cornhill, Boston.
Holograph, signed.
May's handwriting on the envelope reads, " Rec'd May 22 / 55. Ans'd June 6."
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4533632
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.5, p.67
Barcode:
39999063859191