Copy of a letter from Samuel May, Leicester, [Mass.], to Joseph Avery Howland, [Aug. 31?] '59
Description:
May replies to Howland's protest at his dismissal from his post as agent of the American Anti-Slavery Society. May says that Howland published statements charging the officers of the society with the grossest unfairness and that the decision to terminate his employment was voted unanimously by the Committee.
Manuscript, signed.
The legacy catalog card indicates that the handwriting may be that of Samuel May's wife, Sarah Russell May.
This letter is copied in an unknown hand, but is signed and marked "Copy" by Samuel May.
Title supplied by cataloger.