Letter from Wendell Phillips, [Boston, Massachusetts], to Samuel May, [1844]

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Wendell Phillips, [Boston, Massachusetts], to Samuel May, [1844]
Description:
In this letter to Samuel May, Wendell Phillips mentions the success of May's "foreign tour" and introduces him to "my young friend, Joseph H. Putnam now connected with your institution." Phillips calls him "really a man of talent" and tells May that Putnam needs "just what you can give him a little sympathy - some literary advice - & some occasional tone of encouragement." He also tells May that he "hope[s] much from him [Putnam] & such as he for showing the capacity of the colored race to the doubters about us."
Author:
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
[1844]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
African Americans--Education--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
African Americans--Education--History
Antislavery movements--United States
Social reformers--United States
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Putnam, Joseph H.
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z110d31q
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[Boston, Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
The notes written in pencil alongside the text of the letter were likely written by Samuel May.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "Rev. Saml. May. Leicester" and a red seal is present along the spine edge of the page.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5905866
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.14, p.83
Barcode:
39999085840849