Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to Richard Davis Webb, March 16, 1853

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to Richard Davis Webb, March 16, 1853
Description:
May reports that the ship carrying the box of reports to Ireland was delayed. He informs Webb that he wishes that Irish Americans would help the slaves, "but evil and designing men have worked on their ignorance and vanity [...] and on their poverty and need." He says that Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe has had interviews with William Lloyd Garrison, but that he does not know her opinion of the Boston Abolitionists. May praises Reverend James Miller McKim, who he believes would be a good representative of the American abolitionist cause were he to travel to Great Britain.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
March 16, 1853
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
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 5 1/2 x 9 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv144g17j
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Boston
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4532049
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.4, p.61
Barcode:
39999063859613