Letter from Parker Pillsbury, Nottingham, to Samuel May, Feb. 14, 1856

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Parker Pillsbury, Nottingham, to Samuel May, Feb. 14, 1856
Description:
Pillsbury says that Joseph Barker wrote an "infamous letter" to "The Reasoner" about the American abolitionists, with a particular focus on Stephen S. Foster and himself. Pillsbury tells May that he his reply to this letter to "The Reasoner." He says that Mary Anne Estlin thinks that Julia Griffiths holds a mortgage on the property of Frederick Douglass. Pillsbury informs May that he is going to Ireland. He refers to the Old Dog baptism story. The printed circular on the reverse of Pillsbury's letter is titled, "The Slavery Question in America" and is "from the Glasgow Chronicle of Jan. 30 1856." The circular deals with the 1853 Hartford Anti-Bible Convention. It charges the Garrisonian party with infidelity.
Author:
Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
February 14, 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:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv144p602
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Nottingham
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed, written on the reverse of a printed circular.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4531949
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.6, p.11
Barcode:
39999063860033