Letter from Charles King Whipple, Brookline, [Mass.], to Samuel May, Feb. 11th, 1880

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Charles King Whipple, Brookline, [Mass.], to Samuel May, Feb. 11th, 1880
Description:
Whipple thanks May for an anonymous book called "A Fool's Errand." He denies Oliver Johnson's contention that Richard Hildreth's "The White Slave" followed Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin." He discusses Hildreth's "Archy Moore" and says that it is rumored that Judge Tourgée of South Carolina wrote "A Fool's Errand."
Author:
Whipple, Charles K. (Charles King), 1808-1900
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
February 11, 1880
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Whipple, Charles K. (Charles King), 1808-1900
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 5 x 8 in. + 1 envelope
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/gt54mk66x
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Brookline, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4534948
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.11, p.43
Barcode:
39999063864456