Letter from Eliza Wigham, Edinburgh, to Samuel May, 25.6.58

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Eliza Wigham, Edinburgh, to Samuel May, 25.6.58
Description:
Miss Wigham sympathizes with May over Mrs. Maria Weston Chapman's failure to consult the Bazaar Committee about the discontinuance of the anti-slavery fair. She praises William Lloyd Garrison's adherence to principle and asks why the Reverend George Barrell Cheever is not a Garrisonian.
Author:
Wigham, Eliza
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
June 25, 1858
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 (3 p.) ; 5 x 8 in. + 1 envelope
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv144v38k
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Edinburgh
Language:
English
Notes:
Addressed to 21 Cornhill, Boston.
Envelope includes original postage stamp.
Holograph, signed.
May's handwriting reads "Rec'd July 9 / 58. Ans'd [July] 12, [58]."
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4532778
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.7, p.4
Barcode:
39999063861999