Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracyse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Aug[ust] 5 1863

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Title:
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracyse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Aug[ust] 5 1863
Description:
Samuel Joseph May informs William Lloyd Garrison that E. W. Reynolds is presently found at Nantucket, where he is tending to the Unitarian Church there while he takes rest and recreation to improve his health. May praises Reynolds's character, describing him as a "profound thinker" and an "impressive speaker", and writes that he will remain on Nantucket through the 16th of August. May opines to Garrison that Reynolds should be brought to Boston to deliver several sermons, and requests that Garrison advise the Committee to engage Reynolds to preach in Boston prior to his return to his home in New York. May writes that he found much excitment by the "reports of wrong and outrage with which N. York City was there filled", and adds that "[t]hreats of violence were rife in the streets". May informs Garrison that Gerrit Smith had delivered a lecture on the Rebellion, and adds that both he and Smith "cling to the hope" of receiving a visit from the Garrisons.
Author:
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
August 5, 1863
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Unitarians--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863
Unitarians
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Reynolds, E. W. (Elhanan Winchester), 1827-1867
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 13.3 x 20.2 cm.
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Place of origin:
Syracuse, [N.Y.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Identifier:
4698929
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.32, p.45A
Barcode:
39999066761642