Letter from Lucy Stone, West Brookfield, [Massachusetts], to Samuel May, 1851 Aug[ust] 14

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Title:
Letter from Lucy Stone, West Brookfield, [Massachusetts], to Samuel May, 1851 Aug[ust] 14
Description:
Lucy Stone writes to Samuel May stating that "Our Women's Rights Convention will be held (probably) on the 15th & 16th Oct[ober]." She tells May she has "not been well at all for several days ... and hope[s] to escape a fever" but that if she recovers soon, she will hold antislavery meetings on Sundays. The weekdays she wants "to use for Women's Rights, and the two, need not interfere that I see." Stone says she wishes to hold independent meetings in numerous Massachusetts towns to advocate for women's rights and reminds May that "you know that all reforms are fractions of a unit, and what helps one aids all." She also insists that more antislavery agents are needed.
Author:
Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
August 14, 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
Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Meetings
Social reformers--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
Women's rights--United States--History--19th century
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893
Extent:
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z110p567
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Place of origin:
West Brookfield, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5970627
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.20, p.95
Barcode:
39999085843702