Letter from Eliza Wigham, Edinburgh, [Scotland], to Samuel May, 4.4.56

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Eliza Wigham, Edinburgh, [Scotland], to Samuel May, 4.4.56
Description:
Miss Wigham describes the tactics of Julia Griffiths. She reports that a Christian anti-slavery society is being formed in Edinburgh to oppose the American Anti-Slavery Society. It is composed of United Presbyterians whose mission church at Calabar admitted slaveholders. Miss Wigham speaks further of Miss Griffiths in a note on the inner flap of the envelope.
Author:
Wigham, Eliza
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
April 4, 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
Griffiths, Julia, -1895
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Wigham, Eliza
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 4 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. + 1 envelope
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv144q323
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Place of origin:
Edinburgh, [Scotland]
Language:
English
Notes:
Addressed from 5 Gray Street, Edinburgh. Addressed to 21 Cornhill, Boston.
Holograph, signed.
May's note on the envelope reads, "Rec'd April 21 / 56."
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4534510
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.6, p.28
Barcode:
39999063860298