Letter from Hiram W. Blanchard, Port Norfolk, [Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts], to Samuel May, 1851 August 12

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Title:
Letter from Hiram W. Blanchard, Port Norfolk, [Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts], to Samuel May, 1851 August 12
Description:
In this letter, H.W. Blanchard describing his efforts for Edmund Quincy to "obtain a hall if I could in this village to hold a Sunday meeting." Blanchard says that no hall could be found in Port Norfolk village or Neponset village for a meeting "for love or (a reasonable amount of) money." He asks the recipient to inform Edmund Quincy or Samuel May this news. In the postscript, Blanchard adds that this letter "laid in the post office more than a week and that is [the] reason I did not write sooner."
Author:
Blanchard, Hiram W., -1891
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
August 12, 1851
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Meetings
Social reformers--United States
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Blanchard, Hiram W., -1891
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 18 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z110p53d
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Port Norfolk, [Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Legacy catalog card identifies the recipient of this manuscript as "[Samuel May]"
On verso, a note reads "Mr. Quincy has seen this."
Identifier:
5968713
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.20, p.94
Barcode:
39999085843694