Letter from Charles Hazeltine, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Samuel May, Jr., Apr[il] 9th [18]73

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Title:
Letter from Charles Hazeltine, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Samuel May, Jr., Apr[il] 9th [18]73
Description:
Charles Hazeltine writes Samuel May, Jr. with his appreciative thanks for May's gift of Samuel Joseph May's "Recollections of the Antislavery conflict". Hazeltine notes that William Lloyd Garrison had, two years prior, confided his hopes to compose a history of the antislavery conflict "in its religious bearings". Hazeltine encloses a newspaper clipping concerning the antislavery movement for May's consideration.
Author:
Hazeltine, Charles, 1826-1910
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
[1859–April 9, 1873]
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--Religious aspects--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Religion
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 22.8 x 17.8 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900q658h
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
New Bedford, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript annotated on recto, with "To Samuel May" appearing in pencil on top-left margin of page.
Manuscript includes an affixed clipping from the National Anti-Slavery Standard, itself a letter to the Editor written by a "J. Weiss".
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4699003
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.37, p.70A
Barcode:
39999066759596