Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Boston, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, May 18. 1877

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Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Boston, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garrison, May 18. 1877
Description:
Samuel May, Jr. joins his "sorrow, grief, & tears" with Garrison's on the death of "dear, good Edmund Quincy". May recounts the death of Quincy as relayed to him by a friend, who informed him that Quincy "seemed as well as usual", then took ill without warning, and died "almost immediately" upon being laid on a sofa in his home's parlour. May asserts that, without having "direct knowledge of the particulars" that Quincy died of apoplexy. May states that he had long expected Quincy to be "one of the longest-lived of any of our old antislavery company". May states his hopes that Garrison will take the "blessings of many hearts" with him as he travels with Francis Jackson Garrison, and expresses his wish that Garrison will return with "great gains of health and spritual power".
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Date:
May 18, 1877
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
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
M'Kim, J. Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874
Garrison, Francis Jackson, 1848-1916
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25.6 x 20.7 cm.
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Place of origin:
Boston, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript addressed from "9 Burroughs Place Boston".
Identifier:
4665060
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.39, p.37B
Barcode:
39999063806176