Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, [Mass.], to Richard Davis Webb, April 8 / 72

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Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, [Mass.], to Richard Davis Webb, April 8 / 72
Description:
May informs Webb that his son Richard Webb is sailing home on one of the new White Star steamers. May reports that his mother is ill and that Leicester, Massachusetts received a gift from Leicester, England on its 150th anniversary. He tells about Abraham Firth, who proposed the gift. May says that he sent his files of the "Cradle of Liberty" and "The Nation" to the May Collection at Cornell University. He adds that he has almost promised to give Cornell his set of "The Liberator."
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
April 8, 1872
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Extent:
2 leaves (6 p.) ; 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/gt54mk21k
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Leicester, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4535019
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.11, p.25
Barcode:
39999063864522