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Letter from Parker Pillsbury, Concord, N.H., to Samuel May, June 16, 1859
Pillsbury asks why Oliver Johnson alternately praises and condemns Reverend George Barrell Cheever. He objects to a letter that Johnson wrote to May about him. Pillsbury says he disagrees with Stephen S. Foster about non-resistance and political activities. He criticizes the policy of advertising Horace Greeley's "Overland Letters" because they oppose enfranchisement of African Americans.
- By Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898, May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
- Dated ["June 16, 1859"]
- Held by Boston Public Library
- Part of Anti-Slavery Collection
- Rights: No known copyright restrictions.
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Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898