Letter to Samuel May, Portland, [Maine], Jan. 26, [1863]

Item Information

Title:
Letter to Samuel May, Portland, [Maine], Jan. 26, [1863]
Description:
Mountfort regrets [her] inability to be present at the festival and annual meeting. [She] says the Portland abolitionists are trying to do something for the refugee freedmen.
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
[January 26, 1863]
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
Mountfort, Elizabeth
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 4 1/2 x 7 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/gt54mv90n
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Portland, [Maine]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
The letter is signed, "E. Mountfort," but is presumably the Maine abolitionist, Elizabeth Mountfort.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4533662
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.9, p.73
Barcode:
39999063862443