Letter from Wendell Phillips, [Boston, Massachusetts], to Samuel May, [1845 March] 26th

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Wendell Phillips, [Boston, Massachusetts], to Samuel May, [1845 March] 26th
Description:
Wendell Phillips writes to Samuel May telling him that he did not receive his invitation to come to Leicester until "after the event." He says that he has been very busy and is now responding to May's invitation "because I hear you get no answers at all from W[illiam] L[loyd] G[arrison]" and Phillips "would not have my name coupled with such a fault." Phillips says that he promised Abby Kelley [Foster] that he "would write & offer to come & lecture at Leicester" but that he has " so many engagements as Gen[era]l Agent calling me to all parts of the state that it will be impossible for me to do so." Still, he promises to try to find time to travel to Leicester if May still wants him to come.
Author:
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
[March 26, 1845]
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
Social reformers--United States
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z110d363
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.
Legacy catalog card identifies the date of publication of this manuscript as "26 Mar. 1845."
On verso, the letter is addressed to "Rev. Saml. May. Leicester" and it is postmarked with a red, circular stamp reading, "[B]oston Mass. Mar 26".
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5905981
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.15, p.24
Barcode:
39999085840856