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cv43rj397
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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Samuel Joseph May, Sept. 14, 1857
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cv43rj397
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title
Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Samuel Joseph May, Sept. 14, 1857
description
Holograph, signed with initials.
date
["September 14, 1857"]
year
1857
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language
English
identifierLocal
3134838
creators
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
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
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Correspondence
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1 leaf (4 p.) ; 7 3/4 x 5 in.
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notes
Holograph, signed with initials.
William Lloyd Garrison writes to Samuel Joseph May: "I thank you for your criticism upon my criticism, and for your reproof of my censure of Gerrit Smith. It is another proof of your friendship and more to be prized than a personal panegyric." Garrison defends that his comment about Gerrit Smith's appearance at Burritt's Compensation Convention was "descriptive" and "not contemptuous."
The postscript of this letter has been removed and attached to Gerrit Smith's letter to Samuel Joseph May, Sept. 5, 1857, see Call No. Ms.A.1.1 v.5, p.50.
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Boston, [Mass.]
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cv43rj397
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