Letter from Samuel May, to Richard Davis Webb, Nov. 10 / 57

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Title:
Letter from Samuel May, to Richard Davis Webb, Nov. 10 / 57
Description:
May reports that Maria Weston Chapman said that Aaron Macy Powell obtained the information about Julia Griffiths' mortgage on Frederick Douglass' property from the County Registry in or near Rochester, New York. May discusses biographers for Gerrit Smith, Mrs. Mott, and Thomas Garret. He says that the prospects of the Anti-Slavery Bazaar are poor owing to the financial depression.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
November 10, 1857
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
Depressions--1857
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Depressions
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
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https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv144s46v
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
S.l.
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4530306
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.6, p.65
Barcode:
39999063860959