Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, [Mass.], to Samuel Joseph May, Sept. 28 / 68

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, [Mass.], to Samuel Joseph May, Sept. 28 / 68
Description:
May sends certain documents relating to the attitude of the American Unitarians toward slavery. He lists the documents and gives advice as to how to use them. May comments on the change of opinion of Doctors Ezra Stiles Gannett and A. P. Putnam about slavery. He thinks the Unitarians have been "pre-eminently guilty on the subject of the Enslavement of the Millions in our land."
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Date:
September 28, 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
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 5 x 8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv1454595
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Leicester, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4531556
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.10, p.64
Barcode:
39999063863441