Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Mass., to Richard Davis Webb, May 29 / 65

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Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, Mass., to Richard Davis Webb, May 29 / 65
Description:
May tells Webb that he went to Washington to see the "Review of the two Armies of Gen. Meade (generally called Grant's) and Gen. Sherman," and to see his son Edward. He discusses mailing a book to Webb's son Richard in San Francisco. May tells of his own family and describes the Review. He says that he attended the trial of the conspirators in the murder of President Abraham Lincoln. May discusses the expected trial of Jefferson Davis for High Treason. He thinks that most of the Confederate leaders should be executed for their failure to properly feed and care for Union prisoners of war, which resulted in the death of many of the prisoners. May criticizes "The London Times." He says that William Lloyd Garrison has abandoned the American Anti-Slavery Society to Wendell Phillips and his faction. May reports that Parker Pillsbury opposed Lincoln and is now the editor of the "National Anti-Slavery Standard."
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
May 29, 1865
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 (6 p.) ; 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv145251j
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Leicester, Mass
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4532835
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.10, p.26
Barcode:
39999063863896