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Holograph, signed.
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cv43rc61q
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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Samuel Joseph May, April 7, 1848
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cv43rc61q
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document
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title
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Samuel Joseph May, April 7, 1848
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["April 7, 1848"]
year
1848
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
4664687
creators
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
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 J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Halyard, William
Ames, Julius Rubens, 1801-1850
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
genreBasic
Correspondence
Manuscripts
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Text
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1
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1 leaf (2 p.) ; 9 7/8 x 8 in.
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yes
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notes
Holograph, signed.
On page one of this manuscript, there is a letter by William Lloyd Garrison to Rev. Samuel Joseph May, dated April 7th, 1848. Garrison says that last night a good looking mulatto man about 25 or 30 years of age, named William Halyard, visited him and asked for pecuniary aid to buy his mother from slavery in Maryland. Halyard brought with him a printed letter as credentials purportedly by Samuel Joseph May. The letter was transcribed and copied by Samuel May, Jr., on to page three of this manuscript. William Lloyd Garrison asks Samuel Joseph May to write a letter, "denying the authenticity of the document, and giving such information as you can in regard to this imposter." William Lloyd Garrison and his wife and family have been sick. In particular, his baby is sick with a lung fever.
On page three of this manuscript, there is a copy of William Halyard's letter of recommendation. It was transcribed by Samuel May, Jr., from a printed paper. The letter claims that "Wm. Halyard has lived in our city off and on for four years, and his character is good and pure; he belongs to the Wesley Church in Syracuse." The letter asks you to support William Halyard in raising money to buy his mother.
On the bottom of page three, there is note written by Samuel May, Jr., Boston, Apr. 7th, regarding William Halyard: "Don't do us the injustice to suppose that we believed the man when he said you gave him the above. He stuck to it that you did, but I told him he was only adding falsehood to falsehood. He is a fair, i.e. honest looking man, but a great scamp nevertheless. He also had a forged letter from Julie Aimes (meaning Julius R. Ames) of Albanny."
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Boston, [Mass.]
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cv43rc61q
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