Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Cambridge, [Mass.], to Francis Jackson Garrison, July 21. 1869

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Cambridge, [Mass.], to Francis Jackson Garrison, July 21. 1869
Description:
Samuel Joseph May writes Francis Jackson Garrison requesting that he copy from the April 12, 1850 edition of the Liberator a letter addressed to Daniel Webster, signed by "eight hundred of the then prominent men" of Boston and Massachusetts, and that Garrison send this to him by the following Monday evening.
Author:
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Addressee:
Garrison, Francis Jackson, 1848-1916
Date:
July 21, 1869
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
Garrison, Francis Jackson, 1848-1916
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Extent:
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 12.8 x 20.4 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900q663c
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Cambridge, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript is annotated on recto, with "To F. J. Garrison." appearing on the top-left of the page.
Identifier:
4699004
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.36, p.88A
Barcode:
39999066758846