Letter from Eliza Wigham, Edinburgh, to Samuel May, 12.11.57

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Eliza Wigham, Edinburgh, to Samuel May, 12.11.57
Description:
Miss Wigham sympathizes with May over the straitened circumstances of the anti-slavery cause as a result of the Panic of 1857. She mentions the "catalogue of tokens of success in the progress of the A. S. movement." Miss Wigham says that the Scotch banks have been affected by the financial crisis and that the Edinburgh contributions to the Anti-Slavery Fair will probably be somewhat less as a consequence.
Author:
Wigham, Eliza
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
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
Wigham, Eliza
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv144s61z
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Edinburgh
Language:
English
Notes:
Addressed to May at 21 Cornhill, Boston.
Envelope includes two original postage stamps.
Holograph, signed.
In a note on the inner flap of the envelope, Miss Wigham says she hopes May received her letter of credit for $4.
May's note on the envelope reads, "Rec'd Nov. 28 / 57. Ans'd [Nov.] 29 / [57]."
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4531122
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.6, p.68
Barcode:
39999063860926