Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, [Mass.], to Samuel May, Sept. 30, '61

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, [Mass.], to Samuel May, Sept. 30, '61
Description:
May praises a copy he received of "The Life and Letters of Captain John Brown," which was written by Webb. According to May, Wendell Phillips criticized the photograph of John Brown in the book, saying "he wished the portrait had had the beard; - not that he specially likes beards (he never wears one himself) but that that seems to him the aspect of the hero martyr of Harper's Ferry." May reports that his son is a paymaster on the gunboat, "Unadilla." He condemns Lincoln's censure of General John Charles FreĢmont for his proclamation about the slaves. May then lists the contents of a box of anti-slavery material and voices worry about the prospect of the discontinuation of the "Anti-Slavery Advocate."
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
September 30, 1861
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
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Brown, John, 1800-1859
Extent:
2 leaves (7 p.) ; 5 x 8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv1436422
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Leicester, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4532884
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.8, p.77
Barcode:
39999063811457