Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to Richard Davis Webb, Nov. 5 / 68

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to Richard Davis Webb, Nov. 5 / 68
Description:
May invites Webb to visit him. He reports having heard that William Lloyd Garrison's wife is quite ill. He makes various suggestions about Webb's trip to Leicester. He attacks "New York Tammany Democracy" and comments favorably on the election of Ulysses S. Grant.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
November 5, 1868
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 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dv1454748
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Boston
Language:
English
Notes:
Addressed from 17 Hollis Street, Boston.
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4530747
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.10, p.67
Barcode:
39999063863474