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May acknowledges receipt of the French translation of "A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass." He says that Wendell Phillips has been very ill of a form of dysentery. May reports that the anti-slavery agents at Harwich were mobbed by church members "who could not bear the exposures and rebukes." He discusses the Free Soil Party and the nomination of Martin Van Buren for the 1848 Presidential election. He comments on the current troubles in Ireland. May recommends the September issue of the "Massachusetts Quarterly Review," which contained a sketch of William Ellery Channing by Theodore Parker. He asks about French political leaders Alphonse de Lamartine and Louis-Eugène Cavaignac and adds that Maria Weston Chapman has gone to Paris. May states that William Lloyd Garrison is taking his hydrotherapy at Northampton.
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dv144692f
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Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to John Bishop Estlin, Sept. 5, 1848
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dv144692f
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title
Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to John Bishop Estlin, Sept. 5, 1848
description
May acknowledges receipt of the French translation of "A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass." He says that Wendell Phillips has been very ill of a form of dysentery. May reports that the anti-slavery agents at Harwich were mobbed by church members "who could not bear the exposures and rebukes." He discusses the Free Soil Party and the nomination of Martin Van Buren for the 1848 Presidential election. He comments on the current troubles in Ireland. May recommends the September issue of the "Massachusetts Quarterly Review," which contained a sketch of William Ellery Channing by Theodore Parker. He asks about French political leaders Alphonse de Lamartine and Louis-Eugène Cavaignac and adds that Maria Weston Chapman has gone to Paris. May states that William Lloyd Garrison is taking his hydrotherapy at Northampton.
date
["September 5, 1848"]
year
1848
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
4534649
creators
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Estlin, J. B. (John Bishop), 1785-1855
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Estlin, J. B. (John Bishop), 1785-1855
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Correspondence
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3 leaves (11 p.) ; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
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yes
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sf268508b
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ht24xg10q
notes
Holograph, signed.
Some lines are crossed out by the author.
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Boston
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dv144692f
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