Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, [Mass.], to Charles Calistus Burleigh, July 17 / 62

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, [Mass.], to Charles Calistus Burleigh, July 17 / 62
Description:
May sends Burleigh a small contribution to the Leicester collection. He urges haste in the preparation of the annual report and tells Burleigh that he will lose all faith in President Lincoln if Lincoln vetoes the Confiscation Bill. He exclaims, "If we can't be united and free, may we never see a Union again."
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Burleigh, Charles C. (Charles Calistus), 1810-1878
Date:
July 17, 1862
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
Burleigh, Charles C. (Charles Calistus), 1810-1878
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 4 1/4 x 7 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/gt54mt42s
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:
4531117
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.9, p.39
Barcode:
39999063862757