Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to John Bishop Estlin, May 2nd and 3rd, 1848

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to John Bishop Estlin, May 2nd and 3rd, 1848
Description:
May says that Frederick Douglass never forwarded money consigned to him from Bristol. He considers a concentration of "anti-slavery time and means on the free produce" issue most unwise. May expresses doubt that Henry Bibb will make it to England. He describes an unexpectedly successful anti-slavery fair in Worcester. May tells of the attempt of eighty slaves to escape from the District of Columbia and the resulting dispute in Congress. May asserts that "we may see yet in this country, a change as sudden and as great taking place, as that which has now overspread Europe." He mentions the Chartist disturbances and informs Estlin that the reply of the Irish Unitarians was disapproved by William Lloyd Garrison as "twaddle." May says the reply to the Bridgewater address is in the hands of Chapman Brothers, London. He also mentions "Howitt's Journal" and a speech by Wendell Phillips.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Estlin, J. B. (John Bishop), 1785-1855
Date:
May 2, 1848–May 3, 1848
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
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Chartism
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Pearl (Schooner)
Estlin, J. B. (John Bishop), 1785-1855
Extent:
2 leaves (6 p.) ; 8 x 10 in.
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Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Boston
Language:
English
Notes:
Addressed to 47 Park Street, Bristol.
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4530020
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.2, p.74
Barcode:
39999063810814