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Holograph, signed.
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qz20tc95t
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Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Lexington, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, Jan'y 15, 1849
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qz20tc95t
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document
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title
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Lexington, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, Jan'y 15, 1849
description
Holograph, signed.
date
["January 15, 1849"]
year
1849
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
3133712
creators
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871
Hancock, John, 1737-1793
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Correspondence
Manuscripts
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Text
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
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1
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1 leaf (3 p.) ; 10 x 8 in.
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yes
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42.35
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-71.05
notes
Holograph, signed.
Samuel Joseph May is happy to be one of a number who will give a course of anti-slavery lectures at Amory Hall, but he will not be able to meet them at Maria Weston Chapman's house at the time proposed. While Samuel J. May finds that his present duties all that he can "possibly discharge decently well---and more than I can to my own satisfaction. But I am jealous of my place among the old school abolitionists-- ..."
In the postscript, Samuel J. May reminds Maria Weston Chapman that he wants the proceeds from the sale of his seal to be divided between William Lloyd Garrison and Mrs. Lydia Maria Child. If the seal does not sell, Samuel J. May wants the seal back, and will give ten dollars instead. [For another letter by Samuel Joseph May to Maria Weston Chapman, Dec. 13, 1842, that discusses John Hancock's seal, see Call No. Ms.A.9.2 V.17, p.144.]
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Lexington, [Mass.]
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qz20tc95t
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document
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1
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