Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, [Mass.], to Richard Davis Webb, August 11, '65

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Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, [Mass.], to Richard Davis Webb, August 11, '65
Description:
May acknowledges a contribution to the Freedmen's Aid Society. He offers to do favors for Web, reports that he has heard from Eliza Wigham and Mary Anne Estlin, and says that he is trying to get an autograph of President Abraham Lincoln for Alfred Webb. May asks for the name of the author who wrote a book entitled, "The Gentle Life." He reports on the various small commissions he has been given to do and on the activities of his sons and George Thompson.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
August 11, 1865
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
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv145263b
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Leicester, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4533383
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.10, p.28
Barcode:
39999063863870