Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to Mary Carpenter, September 19, 1848

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to Mary Carpenter, September 19, 1848
Description:
May acknowledges the receipt of a parcel which was to have been delivered to him by Ralph Waldo Emerson. He discusses the Chartists and says that there are Americans who will support any movement which seems likely to embarrass the British government. He expresses hopes that the British government will do more than crush the Irish Rebellion and that they will remove its causes as far as possible. May mentions Theodore Parker's "Letter to the People of the United States Touching the Matter of Slavery" and informs Miss Carpenter that Parker's household has suffered the loss of two members from dysentery, which had been very prevalent during the summer.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Carpenter, Mary, 1807-1877
Date:
September 19, 1848
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
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Chartism
Carpenter, Mary, 1807-1877
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 7 1/2 x 10 in.
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Boston
Language:
English
Notes:
Addressed to Great George Street, Bristol.
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4532621
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.3, p.51
Barcode:
39999063810285