Letter from Lucy Stone, West Brookfield, [Massachusetts], to Samuel May, [18]50 June 23

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Lucy Stone, West Brookfield, [Massachusetts], to Samuel May, [18]50 June 23
Description:
Lucy Stone writes to Samuel May stating that she is leaving for Illinois and will not return until the middle of August, and so she will miss the upcoming conventions. Stone says, "But Stephen Foster, Charles Burleigh and yourself will be enough to move Mass[achusetts] and keep the people wide awake." She also stresses the need for Parker Pillsbury to rest before his lecture tour in Ohio and tells May she "hope[s] the conventions will fully answer your expectations ..."
Author:
Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
[June 23, 1850]
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
Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893
Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 26 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z110g51m
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
West Brookfield, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "Samuel May Jr. Leicester Mass."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
5912675
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.19, p.32
Barcode:
39999085841037