Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to Richard Davis Webb, Sept. 23, 1862

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to Richard Davis Webb, Sept. 23, 1862
Description:
May tells of the announcement of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, which he is elated about despite his feeling that it should have been issued at the beginning of the war. May hints at a military coup d'état by General George Brinton McClellan. He says the North's worst enemies are traitors and that he thinks the Proclamation has checkmated the English pro-slavery party.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
September 23, 1862
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)
Liberator (Boston, Mass : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/gt54mt73s
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Boston
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4532479
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.9, p.46
Barcode:
39999063862708