Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [NY], to Maria Weston Chapman, Feb. 2, [18]48

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Title:
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [NY], to Maria Weston Chapman, Feb. 2, [18]48
Author:
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Addressee:
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Date:
[February 2, 1848]
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
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 10 x 7 3/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20tm26v
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Syracuse, [NY]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Samuel Joseph May asks for the return of an article, "The Emblem of Our Country, etc.," which he sent to Maria Weston Chapman last November. This article "may answer for one of our papers--- ..." May declares: "I am utterly ashamed of my country, and hesitate not to say so privately and publicly." He praises the Liberty Bell.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
3133717
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.24, p.4
Barcode:
39999066783380
mq8397204