Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Dec[embe]r 23 / [18]74

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Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, Dec[embe]r 23 / [18]74
Description:
Samuel May, Jr. thanks William Lloyd Garrison for the "most beautiful note on [Garrison's] seventieth year", calling it a "transfiguration of [Garrison's] spirit", and declares his admiration for Garrison's "clear, strong faith". May states that Garrison's testimony to the "life, character, and spirit" of Helen Garrison is worthy of the both of them.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[December 23, 1874]
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
Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Garrison, Helen Eliza, 1811-1876
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 26.5 x 21 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900q012n
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Leicester, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
4664913
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.37, p.132A
Barcode:
39999063805889