Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Leicester, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, July 11. 1868

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Title:
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Leicester, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, July 11. 1868
Description:
Samuel Joseph May informs William Lloyd Garrison that he and Mary Anne Estlin are en route to Boston, and that Estlin and Sarah Pugh have been visitors at his household for the past week. May writes that he cannot wait to see Garrison so as to offer his congratulations for Garrison's "high exaltation", and asserts that Garrison has "been lifted above Piux IXth", and humorously bequeaths upon him the title of "grandpapa". May comments on his own grandchildren, and asserts his gladness that the birth of Garrison's own grandchildren has not stirred in Garrison any "painful sense of advanced age". May declares that he himself has never been "more busy, nor more merry" than since he had declared himself to be "supernumerated".
Author:
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
1866–July 11, 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
Aging--Psychological aspects--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
Aging--Psychological aspects
Women abolitionists--United States
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Estlin, Mary Anne, 1820-1902
Pugh, Sarah, 1800-1884
Garrison, Helen Eliza, 1811-1876
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25.5 x 20.2 cm.
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Place of origin:
Leicester, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript recto has two annotations upon header. The first, located upon the top-left reads simply "To W.L.G." The second rests underneath this, above May's salutation to Garrison, and reads "80" in pencil.
Identifier:
5071041
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.36, p.40A
Barcode:
39999066759307