Letter from Eliza Wigham, Edinburgh, to Samuel May, 4.1.1856

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Eliza Wigham, Edinburgh, to Samuel May, 4.1.1856
Description:
Miss Wigham asks May about the results of the Boston Anti-Slavery Fair. She mentions an attempt to reopen the African slave trade and tells May that she and her friends collected money for the relief of the sufferers in Kansas. Miss Wigham says that Julia Griffiths is collecting money for Frederick Douglass' newspaper. She reports that Mary Anne Estlin is not in good health and is endeavoring to perpetuate the good works of her father, John Bishop Estlin. Miss Wigham discusses a number of English and Irish abolitionists.
Author:
Wigham, Eliza
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
1856
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 (2 p.) ; 8 x 10 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv144p22n
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Edinburgh
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4531756
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.6, p.1
Barcode:
39999063860116