Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Mass., to Richard Davis Webb, Aug. 25 / 68

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Mass., to Richard Davis Webb, Aug. 25 / 68
Description:
May advises Webb against returning home until the following spring. He thinks Webb will be able to recover damages from the steamboat company. May tells Webb that he saw the ten Chinese grandees who accompanied Ambassador Anson Burlingame on a diplomatic tour. He reports on the convalescence of Mrs. Abby Kelley Foster.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
August 25, 1868
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
Burlingame, Anson, 1820-1870
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Foster, Abby Kelley, 1811-1887
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 5 x 8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv145439p
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Leicester, Mass
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4530899
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.10, p.60
Barcode:
39999063863615