Letter from Parker Pillsbury, Nottingham, [England], to Samuel May, Jan. 18, 1856

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Parker Pillsbury, Nottingham, [England], to Samuel May, Jan. 18, 1856
Description:
Pillsbury says that he had very successful meetings in Derby and Nottingham and mentions the reaction of the English people to President Franklin Pierce's message to Congress and to the ending of the Crimean War. He discusses the international situation and says that he hopes Congress will remain indefinitely without a Speaker of the House. Pillsbury asserts that he must return home and tells May of the conversion of Mrs. Anna Richardson from the beliefs of Frederick Douglass to those of William Lloyd Garrison.
Author:
Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
January 18, 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
Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898
Extent:
2 leaves (8 p.) ; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
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Place of origin:
Nottingham, [England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
May's handwriting at the top of the letter reads, "Extract of a letter from Parker Pillsbury to the General Agent of the Massachusetts A. S. Society."
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4531132
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.6, p.8
Barcode:
39999063860066