Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to John Bishop Estlin, 1847, Monday May 31

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to John Bishop Estlin, 1847, Monday May 31
Description:
May sends Estlin a letter to confirm prior receipt of a letter and a parcel that he sent to Estlin earlier that month. He reports that the packet ship, "Anglo Saxon" was lost off of Cape Sable. He also says that Dr. Orville Dewey resigned the presidency of the American Unitarian Association and that Reverend William Bourn Oliver Peabody of Springfield passed away.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Estlin, J. B. (John Bishop), 1785-1855
Date:
May 31, 1847
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
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Estlin, J. B. (John Bishop), 1785-1855
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 7 1/2 x 10 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv1444700
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Boston
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Addressed to the recipient at 47 Park Street.
Identifier:
4533345
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.2, p.49
Barcode:
39999063864019