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[Letter to] My dear Sir [manuscript]   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Author
May, Samuel, 1810-1899
May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871 recipient
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Title
[Letter to] My dear Sir [manuscript]
Publisher
Leicester
Description
Holograph, signed
Title devised by cataloger
On verso, the delivery address is "Rev. Samuel J. May, Syracuse, N.Y."
Samuel May Jr. (Writer) reports to Samuel J. May (Recipient) on the situation and potential plans of Recipient's brother in Hopedale. He then moves on to discuss the timing of an upcoming Antislavery Convention in Syracuse. Writer expresses a concern regarding the connection forming between the Free Soilers and Barnburners on one hand and the Democrats on the other, and criticizes John Van Buren. Writer ends the letter talking about a proper general course to take for antislavery causes and relating some news about family members and mutual friends

Subjects: May, Samuel, 1810-1899; May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871; Antislavery movements; Abolitionists
Language English
Publication date 1849
publication_date QS:P577,+1849-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Current location
IA Collections: bplscas; bostonpubliclibrary; americana
Accession number
lettertomydearsi00mays_53
Authority file  OCLC: 1048318648
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Internet Archive identifier: lettertomydearsi00mays_53
https://archive.org/download/lettertomydearsi00mays_53/39999053887640.pdf

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