Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Dec[embe]r 29 / [18]75

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Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Dec[embe]r 29 / [18]75
Description:
Samuel May, Jr. informs William Lloyd Garrison that he has just returned home to Leicester bearing Garrison's "beautiful gift of Mr. Whittier's volume of poetry". May asserts his great pleasure in the gift, and states his expectation to enjoy it more than a volume edited by Bryant or Emerson.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[December 29, 1875]
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
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 26.6 x 21 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900pp366
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Leicester, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4664554
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.38, p.40A
Barcode:
39999063805939