Letter from Oliver Johnson, Clifton Spring, [N.Y.], to Samuel May, Aug. 14, 1887

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Oliver Johnson, Clifton Spring, [N.Y.], to Samuel May, Aug. 14, 1887
Description:
Johnson returns May's letter from Evelyn E. Plummer. He philosophizes on the number of good people in the world and complains that the newspapers give too much space to "crime and wickedness." He encloses a letter from Theodore Dwight Weld, which was apparently almost illegible. Johnson describes Clifton Springs.
Author:
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
August 14, 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
Liberty bell (Boston, Mass)
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 5 x 8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/gt54mp950
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Clifton Spring, [N.Y.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4529907
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.12, p.13
Barcode:
39999063866311