Letter from Edmund Quincy, Dedham, [Massachusetts], to Samuel May, [18]42 July 13

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Title:
Letter from Edmund Quincy, Dedham, [Massachusetts], to Samuel May, [18]42 July 13
Description:
Edmund Quincy writes to Samuel May informing him that he cannot accept May's "kind invitation to address the people of Leicester on the 1st of August." Quincy says he is "just recovering from an attack of Measles" and he does not believe he "could apply my best faculties to its proper accomplishment ..." Still, he is glad that the people of Leicester are celebrating the anniversary of emancipation in the British West Indies, remarking "Nothing can enhance the moral splendor of the spectacle of a nation oppressed for centuries, transformed in a moment from chattels to men ..." Quincy also discusses publishing The Non-Resistant, stating that while "there are subscribers enough to sustain it, if they would pay their dues," he does not "regard its continuance now as of so much importance as during past years."
Author:
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
[July 13, 1842]
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
Antislavery movements--Anniversaries, etc--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Emancipation Day (British West Indies)
Social reformers--United States
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Non-resistant
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z110d231
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Dedham, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "Revd. Saml. May. Leicester. Mass." and it is postmarked with a black, circular stamp reading, "Dedham Ms. Jul 13". A red seal is also present on this page, along the spine edge.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5905807
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.12.2, p.67
Barcode:
39999085840823