Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Lexington, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, Feb. 7, 1843

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Title:
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Lexington, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, Feb. 7, 1843
Author:
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
February 7, 1843
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Stearns, Oliver, 1807-1885
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 10 x 8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20td05v
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Lexington, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Samuel Joseph May reluctantly withdraws from the list of lecturers in a course on slavery. The duties of conducting his school, in which young women are preparing themselves as teachers, requires all his thoughts. He suggests his "most excellent friend," the Rev. Oliver Stearns of Hingham to take his place.
Identifier:
3133713
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.18, p.8
Barcode:
39999066783349
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