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In this letter to Samuel May, Stephen S. Foster discusses the last meetings in Webster, saying "our meeting has proved a failure at least so far as an audience is concerned." Foster states that the three meetings were not well attended and "the leading influences of the place" succeeded in keeping people away from them. He says they collected $3 from three individuals but this "was not enough, by one dollar, to meet our expenses here, as we were obliged to stop at a public house." Foster tells May he has not been to Millbury and will not go because he "should not expect a great gathering there, under the most favorable circumstances." In the postscript, he tells May he wanted to send him "Mr. Bent's letter" but he "cannot find it in any of my pockets."
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2z110p702
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Letter from Stephen Symonds Foster, Webster, [Massachusetts], to Samuel May, 1851 Aug[ust] 18
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Letter from Stephen Symonds Foster, Webster, [Massachusetts], to Samuel May, 1851 Aug[ust] 18
description
In this letter to Samuel May, Stephen S. Foster discusses the last meetings in Webster, saying "our meeting has proved a failure at least so far as an audience is concerned." Foster states that the three meetings were not well attended and "the leading influences of the place" succeeded in keeping people away from them. He says they collected $3 from three individuals but this "was not enough, by one dollar, to meet our expenses here, as we were obliged to stop at a public house." Foster tells May he has not been to Millbury and will not go because he "should not expect a great gathering there, under the most favorable circumstances." In the postscript, he tells May he wanted to send him "Mr. Bent's letter" but he "cannot find it in any of my pockets."
date
["August 18, 1851"]
year
1851
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No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
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no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
5972459
creators
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Foster, Stephen S. (Stephen Symonds), 1809-1881
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Meetings--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Meetings
Social reformers--United States
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Foster, Stephen S. (Stephen Symonds), 1809-1881
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Correspondence
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1 leaf (3 p.) ; 26 cm.
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Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
On verso, the letter is addressed to "S. May Jr. Leicester Mass."
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Webster, [Massachusetts]
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2z110p702
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