Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to Richard Davis Webb, January 12, 1858

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to Richard Davis Webb, January 12, 1858
Description:
May mentions Mary Anne Estlin's gift of £20 to "The Anti-Slavery Advocate" and transcribes words spoken to him by William Lloyd Garrison that were directed to Webb. He sends George M. Stroud's, "Sketch of the Laws Relating to Slavery" and Horace Greeley's, "History of the Struggle for Slavery Extension or Restriction in the United States" in the annual box of reports. May reports that Oliver Johnson's editorship of the "National Anti-Slavery Standard" has been terminated and that the American Anti-Slavery Society will furnish documentary evidence of the mortgage held by Julia Griffiths on Frederick Douglass' property. May describes Delia Ann Webster as a false abolitionist. He says that he hears the Wigham family lost money in a bank failure and, on a page marked "Confidential" reports that Maria Weston Chapman wants to discontinue the Anti-Slavery Bazaar.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
January 12, 1858
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
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Griffiths, Julia, -1895
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Webster, Delia Ann
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
3 leaves (10 p.) ; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
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Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Boston
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4531309
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.6, p.77
Barcode:
39999063860843