Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Cambridge, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Sep[tember] 6. 1870

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Title:
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Cambridge, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Sep[tember] 6. 1870
Description:
Samuel Joseph May expresses his sorrow to learn of William Lloyd Garrison's illness, and assures him that were he not informed that Garrison was not receiving visitors on account of his condition, he would go to see him immediately. May informs Garrison of his own improving condition, and states that he will be visiting Thomas G. Wells in Brookline that afternoon. May promises to visit the Garrisons that weekend if they are both feeling well enough to receive company. May thanks Garrison for the delivery of "Arnold's medicine". May closes in marvelling at the "stupendous events" that he and Garrison have witnessed in their lifetime, citing specifically the abolition of slavery in the United States and the fall of the Second French Empire at the hands of Prussia.
Author:
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
September 6, 1870
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
Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
France--History--Second Empire, 1852-1870
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Wells, Thomas Goodwin, 1804-1873
Garrison, Helen Eliza, 1811-1876
William I, German Emperor, 1797-1888
Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25.4 x 20.4 cm.
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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 W. L. Garrison" appearing upon the top-left of the first page.
Identifier:
4699024
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.36, p.124B
Barcode:
39999066759034