Letter from Eliza Wigham, Edinburgh, to Samuel May, 28.9.1855

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Eliza Wigham, Edinburgh, to Samuel May, 28.9.1855
Description:
Miss Wigham says that some of the ministers who signed the remonstrance have become very lukewarm in their anti-slavery views. She discusses the admission of slaveholders into the Mission Church at Calabar. Miss Wigham informs May that Mary Anne Estlin is staying with her. She says that she hopes Parker Pillsbury can confute Dr. [John Mercer] Patton's lectures on behalf of the Turkish Missions. Miss Wigham says that the forgotten documents in Richard Davis Webb's desk will be useful to Pillsbury in this work. She expresses regret for the small amount of help can give to the abolition cause.
Author:
Wigham, Eliza
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
September 28, 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
Wigham, Eliza
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 4 x 5 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv144n27t
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Edinburgh
Language:
English
Notes:
Addressed from "5 Gray Street, Edinburgh.
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4534984
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.5, p.81
Barcode:
39999063859076