Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Mass., to Richard Davis Webb, April 21, '63

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Mass., to Richard Davis Webb, April 21, '63
Description:
May sends Webb his annual account and discusses various business details. He informs Webb that Parker Pillsbury is quite ill and mentions the attack on Charleston, South Carolina by Federal ironclads. May says that the Southern coast defense guns and ammunition were made in England. He discusses the Parliamentary debate on the "Alabama."
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
April 21, 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
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Leicester, Mass
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4530029
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.9, p.89
Barcode:
39999063862229