Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Mass., to Richard Davis Webb, June 10, 1856

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Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Mass., to Richard Davis Webb, June 10, 1856
Description:
May announces to Webb that he is sending an extensive series of pamphlets and reports. He says that Parker Pillsbury has returned home. He describes the New England Convention in Faneuil Hall and says that "Kansas is subjugated to the Slave Power." May describes the attack on Lawrence, Kansas by pro-slavery raiders. He says that the invaders could probably have been defeated if the Franklin Pierce administration had not helped them. May mentions the attack on Charles Sumner by Preston Smith Brooks, and the nomination of James Buchanan.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
June 10, 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
Slavery--Political aspects--Kansas--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Slavery--Political aspects--United States--History--19th century
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Places:
Kansas
Extent:
2 leaves (8 p.) ; 5 1/2 x 9 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv144q57z
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Leicester, Mass
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4530171
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.6, p.33
Barcode:
39999063860249