Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, [Mass.], to Richard Davis Webb, June 30, 1862

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Title:
Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, [Mass.], to Richard Davis Webb, June 30, 1862
Description:
May discusses the proceedings of the New England Convention. He criticizes Parker Pillsbury's charges that the anti-slavery societies have receded from their high moral ground. May discusses the British West Indian emancipation and compares it with the American Anti-Slavery Society's views on the same subject. He mentions the abolition of slavery in one of the Barbary states.
Author:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Addressee:
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
Date:
June 30, 1862
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:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 5 x 8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/gt54mt20r
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Place of origin:
Leicester, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Identifier:
4530553
Call #:
MS B.1.6 v.9, p.37
Barcode:
39999063862773