Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to Richard Davis Webb, Dec. 27 / 59

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to Richard Davis Webb, Dec. 27 / 59
Description:
May informs Webb that Maria Weston Chapman wished to pay £40.16.0 to Harriet Martineau. May asks Webb to pay Mrs. Martineau because he is unable to retrieve funds from the bank in time to catch the next steamer for England. May says that the United States Senate is investigating the Harpers Ferry raid.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
December 27, 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
Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv1450557
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Boston
Language:
English
Notes:
Addressed from 21 Cornhill, Boston.
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4533355
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.7, p.87
Barcode:
39999063861403