Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, July 7 / [18]75

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Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, July 7 / [18]75
Description:
Samuel May, Jr. writes William Lloyd Garrison stating that he had the pleasure of receiving Mr. W.B.W. Elmy of England, whom he states had arrived in the United States the previous Saturday. May states that Elmy is "stirred by the contemplation of the baseness of men-made governments...towards women", and asserts that "Equality & Suffrage for Woman is the first and indispensable remedy!" May returns to Garrison the letter of Mary Estlin.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[July 7, 1875]
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
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Suffrage--United States--History--19th century
Suffragists--United States
Suffragists--England
Women--Suffrage--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Suffrage--United States
Suffragists
Women's rights--United States--History--19th century
Women--Suffrage--United States--History
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Estlin, Mary Anne, 1820-1902
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Places:
England
Extent:
1 leaf (1 p.) ; 11.3 x 13.6 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900pm38b
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Leicester, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4664458
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.38, p.27A
Barcode:
39999063805913