Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, [Mass.], to Richard Davis Webb, Sept.11, 1855

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Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, [Mass.], to Richard Davis Webb, Sept.11, 1855
Description:
May gives instructions concerning Webb's financial accounts and tells Webb that he will review the particulars with Robert Folger Wallcut the next day when he goes to Boston. May is anxious about the account for "The Anti-Slavery Advocate" and asks if his friends in America should do something for the newspaper. He refers to Reverend Joseph Palmer Fessenden of Maine and tells Webb that Theodore Parker "has some soft spots in him" and never blames the "greatest villains and doughfaces we have." May reports that he has obtained two copies of "The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck" for Webb, who had previously requested the book under the name of "Jonathan Oldbuck."
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
September 11, 1855
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
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 5 x 8 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv144n13g
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:
4530421
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.5, p.78
Barcode:
39999063859100