Letter from Edgar Buckingham, Deerfield, [Mass.], to Samuel May, Oct. 19, 1880

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Edgar Buckingham, Deerfield, [Mass.], to Samuel May, Oct. 19, 1880
Description:
Buckingham discusses a quotation from a poem, which he thinks may have appeared in James Boswell's "The Life of Samuel Johnson" or Walter Scott's "Life of Jonathan Swift." The quotation seems to have been Bishop Boulton's epitaph. He praises "A Fool's Errand."
Author:
Buckingham, Edgar, 1812-1894
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
October 19, 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
Buckingham, Edgar, 1812-1894
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 5 x 8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/gt54mk790
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Deerfield, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4531522
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.11, p.47
Barcode:
39999063864795