Letter from Gilbert Smith, Harwich, [Massachusetts], to Samuel May, 1852 June 26th

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Title:
Letter from Gilbert Smith, Harwich, [Massachusetts], to Samuel May, 1852 June 26th
Description:
Gilbert Smith writes to Samuel May insisting that "it is now about seven months since we have had any antislavery lecturer here." Smith complains that every other county in the state has been visited more than Barnstable county, and he argues that "agitation is what we want and that must come ..." Smith states that he believes in "the views set forth about the Bible By Mr. Joseph Barker" and that in order to "rise the masses above our Base and corrupt orthodox Religions" it is necessary "to Expose and hold up to Ridicule their false conceptions of the true and holly [sic] Deite." He calls "the 411,000 priests of this land they are the curse of our land" and he tells May that they "were thirsting for some Antislavery truths in the shape of A lecturer ..." He asks May to place a notice in the Liberator if a lecturer will be sent to Harwich, and in the postscript, he questions whether they will hold "our annual gathering," stating he "say[s] yes with Redoubled Energy."
Author:
Smith, Gilbert
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
June 26, 1852
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
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Meetings
Christianity
Social reformers--United States
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Smith, Gilbert
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 26 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z110t30x
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Place of origin:
Harwich, [Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
5977194
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.21, p.43
Barcode:
39999085844130