Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, May 17 / [18]71

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, May 17 / [18]71
Description:
Samuel May, Jr. expresses his regrets to William Lloyd Garrison that, despite his enthusiasm for joining Garrison at the Longwood Meeting as invited, he is unable to do so. May states that "to [his] own great wonder", he has accepted a "job of work" for the town of Leicester which will occupy him to the "absolute exclusion of every other occupation" through the month of June.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[May 17, 1871]
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
Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940)
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 12.8 x 20.8 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900px26d
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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:
4664830
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.37, p.10A
Barcode:
39999063803975