Letter from Oliver Johnson, Yaphank, L.I., [N.Y.], to Samuel May, July 13, 1887

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Oliver Johnson, Yaphank, L.I., [N.Y.], to Samuel May, July 13, 1887
Description:
Johnson mentions an attack on the Garrisonians by Asa H. Waters in 1881 and an expected attack by Leonard Woolsey Bacon in a biography of his father. He says Mrs. Villard and Wendell Phillips both praised his answer to Eli Thayer. Johnson tells May he has not yet read Leo Tolstoy's "My Religion."
Author:
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
July 13, 1887
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
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 5 x 8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/gt54mp69c
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Yaphank, L.I., [N.Y.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4529840
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.12, p.6
Barcode:
39999063866246