Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Concord, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, July 13 [1868]

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Concord, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, July 13 [1868]
Description:
Samuel Joseph May writes William Lloyd Garrison from his sister's household in Concord, having left that of his cousin, Samuel May, Jr., in Leicester that very morning. May informs Garrison that he has left Mary Anne Estlin with Samuel May, Jr., and that the two of them will be journeying to visit Maria Chapman. May notes that Garrison may be able to call upon Estlin at Chapman's, and adds his thought that Estlin would be quite pleased were Garrison to invite her along on his voyage to Newburyport.
Author:
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[July 13, 1868]
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
Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Estlin, Mary Anne, 1820-1902
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 12.7 x 20.2 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900q5856
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Concord, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript has two annotations on the recto letterhead. The first, on the top-left of page, reads "To W. L. G.", while the second, written in pencil just above May's salutation to Garrison, reads "81".
Manuscript is dated "4 P. M. 1868. July 13".
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4698966
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.36, p.40B
Barcode:
39999066758838