Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Mass., to Richard Davis Webb, April 2, 1867

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Mass., to Richard Davis Webb, April 2, 1867
Description:
May discusses the sale of Webb's "Life and Letters of Captain John Brown." He says that the country would have restored the Southerners to power and political equality if President Andrew Johnson had not revealed "their cherished spits and craft." He mentions the restoration of military rule in the South and informs Webb that William Lloyd Garrison plans to go to Europe. May tells of a rumor that Robert Purvis, Mary Grew and Wendell Phillips also plan to go. May says that his wife plans to send Webb copies of John Greenleaf Whittier's "Snowbound" and "Tent on the Beach." He discusses the historian, William Hickling Prescott.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
April 2, 1867
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 (4 p.) ; 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv145342s
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Leicester, Mass
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4535044
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.10, p.47
Barcode:
39999063863748