Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, [Mass.], to Richard Davis Webb, October 31, 1859

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, [Mass.], to Richard Davis Webb, October 31, 1859
Description:
May imagines that Webb's son sailed for home last week and says that he doubts if his own son will be able to "establish himself" in the Far East. May is pleased with Samuel Joseph May's success in England. He tells Webb that William Lloyd Garrison is ill again and gives an account of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
October 31, 1859
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
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859
Brown, John, 1800-1859
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Extent:
2 leaves (6 p.) ; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv144z97c
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Leicester, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
The second leaf of this manuscript was previously cataloged as Ms.B.1.6 v.7, p.64.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4532657
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.7, p.73
Barcode:
39999063861288