Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Mass., to Richard Davis Webb, Sept. 13, '64

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Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Mass., to Richard Davis Webb, Sept. 13, '64
Description:
May mentions meeting H. B. Hammond, a friend of Webb's who was formerly the United States consul to Dublin. He discusses the sale of Webb's, "The Life and Letters of Captain John Brown." May complains that certain European newspapers are constantly belittling Union military success and that Moncure Daniel Conway has changed Professor Francis William Newman's opinions on the war by a one-sided presentation of the facts. May defends the Lincoln administration and attacks the northern sympathizers of the confederacy. He holds that the secessionists repudiated the United States Constitution and explains the need for strong popular support of an anti-slavery measure in the United States. May discusses Goldwin Smith's lectures, the affairs of the Garrison family, the nomination of General George Brinton McClellan, and General John Charles FreĢmont's political misfortunes.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
September 13, 1864
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:
2 leaves (8 p.) ; 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv145142c
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Leicester, Mass
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4530436
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.10, p.9
Barcode:
39999063862062