Copy of a letter from Samuel May, Leicester, to Andrew Preston Peabody

Item Information

Title:
Copy of a letter from Samuel May, Leicester, to Andrew Preston Peabody
Description:
In this copy of a letter with an original date of October 20, 1846, May criticizes a draft of a reply to the address on slavery from the Irish Unitarians. May believes that the reply is too apologetic on behalf of the abolitionists in the Unitarian Association.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Peabody, Andrew P. (Andrew Preston), 1811-1893
Date:
1846
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
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Peabody, Andrew P. (Andrew Preston), 1811-1893
Irish Unitarian Christian Society
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 7 1/2 x 10 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv1449345
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Leicester
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
This copy of a drafted letter is highly annotated and edited by May.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4534859
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.3, p.18
Barcode:
39999063810772