Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, October 23 / [18]78

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Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, October 23 / [18]78
Description:
Samuel May, Jr. thanks Garrison for the delivery of Boston newspapers detailing the account of Garrison's birthday, and of Garrison's "full notice" of George Thompson's death. May supposes that Garrison is still grappling with how to best pay tribute to the memory of George Thompson, and offers his thought that Boston "is the place for it", and lists suggestions for date and location. May states his hopes that President Hayes will mean "to go to the very verge of his powers" in order to safeguard the lives and rights of South Carolinians in the "discharge of their ordinary duties as citizens".
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
[October 23, 1878]
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
Abolitionists--England--19th century
African Americans--Suffrage--History--19th century
African Americans--Violence against--History--19th century
Freedmen--United States--History--19th century
Terrorism--Southern States--History--1865-1877
Southern States--Race relations--History--1865-1877
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
Abolitionists
African Americans--Civil rights--History--19th century
African Americans--Suffrage
African Americans
Violence
Freed persons--United States
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Terrorism--United States
Southern States--Race relations--History--19th century
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Places:
England
Southern United States (area)
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 25.6 x 20.4 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900q070j
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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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:
4664941
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.40, p.49A
Barcode:
39999063806283