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May tells Webb that Dr. George Barrell Cheever, Reverend A.B. Bradford, Reverend Dr. Beriah Green, and Reverend Daniel Worth spoke at the annual meeting of the American Anti-Slavery Society in New York. Worth had just been released from a North Carolina prison, having been convicted of circulating Hinton Rowan Helper's "The Impending Crisis of the South."
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6w924s63x
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Letter from Samuel May, Jr., New York and Leicester, [Mass.], to Richard Davis Webb, May 9, 1860
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6w924s63x
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document
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normalized
title
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., New York and Leicester, [Mass.], to Richard Davis Webb, May 9, 1860
description
May tells Webb that Dr. George Barrell Cheever, Reverend A.B. Bradford, Reverend Dr. Beriah Green, and Reverend Daniel Worth spoke at the annual meeting of the American Anti-Slavery Society in New York. Worth had just been released from a North Carolina prison, having been convicted of circulating Hinton Rowan Helper's "The Impending Crisis of the South."
date
["May 9, 1860"]
year
1860
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
4534505
creators
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Webb, Richard Davis, 1805-1872
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
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
American Anti-Slavery Society
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Correspondence
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Text
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1
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1 leaf (2 p.) ; 5 x 8 in.
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yes
Source extras
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sf268508b
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ht24xg10q
notes
Holograph, signed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
May states on the second page, "I close my note at Leicester, whither I have just returned."
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New York ; Leicester, [Mass.]
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6w924s63x
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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