Letter from Edmund Quincy, Dedham, [Massachusetts], to Samuel May, 1851 July 23rd

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Title:
Letter from Edmund Quincy, Dedham, [Massachusetts], to Samuel May, 1851 July 23rd
Description:
In this letter to Samuel May, Edmund Quincy proposes postponing a planned meeting in Bellingham "as it is too late for further negotiation." Instead, he suggests holding meetings in Sheldonville on August 10 and Medfield on August 24 and tells May he has written to individuals in each town to discuss the plans. Quincy tells May, "I will let you know their answers as soon as I get them," adding that he will try to attend each meeting so that only one additional speaker is needed. He then discusses a recent meeting in Foxboro, describing how in the afternoon meeting, "the people were bored by E[dwin] Thompson, [George W.] Putnam & Lewis Ford & did not turn out in the evening." However, at this meeting Parker Pillsbury "made the very best speech I ever heard him make - eloquent, pathetic, & in good taste." Quincy also mentions "that the 'Emancipator' is at last to be dropped, sub silentio" and comments that "[Anne] Warren Weston, I hear is better & Deborah [Weston] has returned home."
Author:
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
July 23, 1851
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--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Meetings
Social reformers--United States
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898
Emancipator (New York, N.Y. : 1835)
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 18 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z110p079
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Place of origin:
Dedham, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5967165
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.20, p.78
Barcode:
39999085842977