Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Brooklyn, [Connecticut], to William Lloyd Garrison, Brooklyn, [Connecticut]

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Title:
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Brooklyn, [Connecticut], to William Lloyd Garrison, Brooklyn, [Connecticut]
Description:
Samuel Joseph May writes to William Lloyd Garrison thanking him for sending "the present of 50 copies" of his Discourse and encouraging him to visit Brooklyn sometime during the month. He then discusses his new paper, the Christian Monitor and Common People's Adviser, describing its purpose "to enlighten the common people so far as we may be able on all subjects connected with their best interests as moral and immortal beings." This includes such topics as "doctrines of Theology" as well as "Education, Temperance, Peace, and the Abolition of Slavery". May then comments on the [Benjamin Watkins] "Leigh's defence of slavery" that appeared in the Liberator of April 7, 1832 (Vol. II, no. 14) telling Garrison he "acted wisely in publishing it ... Let your readers see all that the most zealous slaveholders can say in behalf of slavery." He then asks Garrison to purchase and ship to him the same paper that he uses for the Liberator for use in May's paper. In the postscript, May clarifies that he will accept any amount of paper as long as it is more than 5 and less than 25 bundles.
Author:
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
April 9, 1832
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Newspaper publishing
Social reformers--United States
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Leigh, Benjamin Watkins, 1781-1849
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Christian monitor and common people's adviser (Brooklyn, Conn.)
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
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Place of origin:
Brooklyn, [Connecticut]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5139322
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.2, p.11
Barcode:
39999085505947