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Boston Public Library
Anti-Slavery (Collection of Distinction)
Lock of hair to Samuel May, Bristol, [England]
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Title:
Lock of hair to Samuel May, Bristol, [England]
Description:
May was sent a lock of Rajah Rammohun Roy's hair by John Bishop Estlin, the Bristol physician who attended to the Hindu Reformer in his last illness and who cut off the curl of hair himself.
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
[ca. 1832–1867]
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Objects/Artifacts
Manuscripts
Genre:
Hair
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Rammohun Roy, Raja, 1772?-1833
Estlin, J. B. (John Bishop), 1785-1855
Extent:
1 envelope (6 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv145504s
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Bristol, [England]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Accompanying calling card reads, "Mr. Estlin, 47 Park Street."
Identifier:
4533659
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.13, p.2
Barcode:
39999063863227
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