Wrapping paper relating to the memoir of Samuel Joseph May from Samuel...
This manuscript is a piece of paper that Samuel May wrapped around the papers relating to the memoir for his cousin, Samuel Joseph May, who "died at Syracuse, N.Y. July 1, 1871." Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Boston, to Amos Augustus Phelps, Dec. 1...
In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, Samuel J. May discusses a few anti-slavery publications, including Phelps’s book, the second edition of which Mr. Knapp is willing to publish. He then discusses a variety of to... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Brooklyn, [Connecticut], to William Llo...
Samuel Joseph May writes to William Lloyd Garrison thanking him for sending "the present of 50 copies" of his Discourse and encouraging him to visit Brooklyn sometime during the month. He then discusses his new... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garr...
Samuel Joseph May writes William Lloyd Garrison inviting him to the antislavery convention to take place on January 7-9, and requests that should Garrison be unable to attend that he assist May in persuading Ge... More
Wrapping paper relating to the memoir of Samuel Joseph May from Samuel...
This manuscript is a piece of paper that Samuel May wrapped around the papers relating to the memoir for his cousin, Samuel Joseph May, who "died at Syracuse, N.Y. July 1, 1871." Courtesy of Boston Public Library
[Reverend Samuel Joseph May, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right...
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Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Brooklyn, [Connecticut], to William Llo...
Samuel Joseph May writes to William Lloyd Garrison sending him money to pay for the Liberator and commenting that it was best Garrison did not come to Brooklyn to lecture, as May had requested, because the "roa... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Brooklyn, [Connecticut], to William Llo...
Samuel J. May writes to William Lloyd Garrison requesting a copy of an earlier Liberator as he "wish[es] to preserve a complete file." He then comments on some recent articles in the Liberator before discussing... More
Letter from South Reading Female Anti-Slavery Society, South Reading, ...
South Reading Female Anti-slavery Society sends $15 to constitute Rev. [Lewyer?] a life member of Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. At the end of the letter: Priscilla Smiley, President, Mary Ann Avery, Secre... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, to Samuel Joseph May, 22d Octo...
Samuel May Jr. (Writer) asks Samuel J. May (Recipient) for his opinions of Garrison, as well as his opinion of “an appeal of certain Clerical Abolitionists” and their motives. Writer says he is asking this beca... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, South Scituate, [Massachusetts], to Wil...
Samuel Joseph May writes to William Lloyd Garrison apologizing for not having time to visit Garrison's wife, Helen, and her mother while he was in Boston. He also acknowledges he received two letters inviting h... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, South Scituate, [Massachusetts], to Wil...
Samuel Joseph May writes to William Lloyd Garrison, welcoming him home and declaring his "jaunt .. a very important event in the cause of human rights." In the postscript, he tells Garrison he has sent him a nu... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, South Scituate, [Mass], to William Lloy...
Samuel Joseph May writes William Lloyd Garrison informing him that he has only just heard of the death of "dear Mary". May states that both he and his wife desire to know "all about this event which must have f... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, to Samuel Joseph May, July 20,...
Samuel May Jr. (Writer) asks whether Samuel J. May (Recipient) could visit Leicester in August and give an address, or, if he cannot, he might visit Writer in summer to discuss some troubling matters such as th... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, to Samuel Joseph May, March 16...
Samuel May Jr. (Writer) asks Samuel J. May (Recipient) to look up some facts about the Massachusetts Constitution from a book he once borrowed from Recipient. He then goes on writing about his work in Brooklyn,... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Boston, to Samuel Joseph May, November 11...
Writing to Samuel J. May (Recipient), Samuel May Jr. (Writer) reports on a meeting of the American Unitarian Association that took place in Boston. The main business of the meeting was to elect the General Secr... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, to Samuel Joseph May, January ...
Writing to Samuel J. May (Recipient), Samuel May Jr. (Writer) says he is engaged as a minister at Brooklyn, CT. at least temporarily since October, while keeping his residence in Leicester. He explains the circ... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [NY], to Maria Weston Chapman...
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Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, to Samuel Joseph May, October ...
Samuel May Jr. (Writer) praises a speech of Samuel J. May (Recipient) as well as his heroism in relation to the Jerry Rescue, which led to the arrest of a number of abolitionists. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Boston, to Samuel Joseph May, January 18,...
Samuel May Jr. (Writer) explains to Samuel J. May (Recipient) that he took the position he did at the Executive Committee meeting of the American Antislavery Association (reported in his previous letter to Reci... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garr...
Samuel Joseph May writes William Lloyd Garrison informing him that his letter will be borne to Garrison by Peter Still, a man "late by out of the jaws of slavery", whose tale May surmises may have already been ... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, to Samuel Joseph May, Sept. 28...
In this letter to Samuel J. May (Recipient), Samuel May Jr. (Writer) praises a passage from a book review published in Westminster Review (which Writer seems to be enclosing), and says it may be of use to Recip... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Boston, to Samuel Joseph May, Mar 21&26, ...
Writing to Samuel J. May (Recipient) on March 21, Samuel May Jr. (Writer) mentions the pamphlet of the State Disunion Convention and proceedings of the Rochester Convention, copies of which he is sending to Rec... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garr...
Samuel Joseph May states his debt to William Lloyd Garrison for the kind letter received, and states that his health is "much improved" since his return from Glen Haven, although he admits that the "claims upon... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, London, [England], to William Lloyd Gar...
Samuel Joseph May writes William Lloyd Garrison of his arrival to England, and provides an accounting of his doings. May states that he met with Mr. Chesson, whom he confides is "killing himself by his labors",... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Roxbury, to Samuel Joseph May, March 12, ...
Samuel May Jr. (Writers) informs Samuel J. May (Recipient) that Mrs. Chapman sent to Writer’s office the book Recipient had purchased from her. He then says he is trying to put together a collection of books fo... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garr...
Samuel Joseph May writes William Lloyd Garrison his concerns over Garrison's health, owing to the absence of Garrison's presence in the pages of the Liberator, and inquires of Garrison's present condition. May ... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [New York], to Robert Folger ...
Samuel Joseph May writes to Robert Folger Wallcut enclosing the $9.75 requested in an earlier bill. He describes his trip to Virginia and "to the hospitals in several cities and to the hospital boats at the Whi... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse. [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garr...
Samuel Joseph May writes William Lloyd Garrison upon learning of he and Helen Garrison's return home from Plymouth, and expresses his hope that they will pay him a visit in Syracuse on their way to visit the Sm... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garr...
Samuel Joseph May writes "an emphatic expression of [May's] deep sense of obligation" to both the Liberator and to William Lloyd Garrison, and states that upon the cessation of the publication of the newspaper ... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garr...
Samuel Joseph May writes William Lloyd Garrison that the arrangments have been made for Garrison's lectures in Syracuse, informing him that they have secured use of Shakspeare Hall on the 8th, and at Oneida on ... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Concord, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garr...
Samuel Joseph May writes William Lloyd Garrison from his sister's household in Concord, having left that of his cousin, Samuel May, Jr., in Leicester that very morning. May informs Garrison that he has left Mar... More
Letter from Ezra Stiles Gannett, Boston, to Samuel Joseph May and Samu...
Gannett writes to Samuel Joseph May to deny that he made a statement that May attributed to him in his "Recollections of the Anti-Slavery Conflict." Gannett refers to other passages in "Recollections" where he ... More
Letter from Samuel May, Detroit, to Samuel Joseph May, Oct. 1, [1870?]
May informs his cousin of his itinerary during his time as a travel companion to Richard Davis Webb. He says that they intend to visit Niagra Falls. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Brooklyn, [Connecticut], to William Llo...
Samuel Joseph May writes to William Lloyd Garrison sending him money to pay for the Liberator and commenting that it was best Garrison did not come to Brooklyn to lecture, as May had requested, because the "roa... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Brooklyn, [Connecticut], to William Llo...
In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Samuel Joseph May writes that the letter will be given to Garrison "by Mr. [Charles] Webber a worthy young man who is engaged to publish our paper and now goes to Bosto... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Cambridge, to Samuel Joseph May, Jan. 20,...
Samuel May Jr. (Writer) asks Samuel J. May (Recipient) to write more often. He expresses an approval of the Unionist (publication), and goes on speculating why God allowed slavery (saying that god perhaps decid... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, South Scituate, [Massachusetts], to Wil...
Samuel Joseph May writes to William Lloyd Garrison apologizing for not having time to visit Garrison's wife, Helen, and her mother while he was in Boston. He also acknowledges he received two letters inviting h... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Lexington, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Cha...
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Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, to Samuel Joseph May, Thursday...
Writing to Samuel J. May (Recipient), Samuel May Jr. (Writer) describes his visit to Brooklyn, Connecticut, where he attended the re-dedication services of the church where Recipient preached for a long time. H... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [NY], to Maria Weston Chapman...
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Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garr...
Samuel Joseph May informs William Lloyd Garrison that he has delivered a "long and faithful sermon on Daniel Webster" which he is presently working upon to convert it to a written editorial piece for publicatio... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garr...
Samuel Joseph May informs William Lloyd Garrison of his regrets that it was announced that the Jerry Rescue Celebration would be postponed, stating that while it had appeared necessary to do so at the time of w... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Boston, to Samuel Joseph May, Tuesday Jul...
Samuel May Jr. (Writer) writes to Samuel J. May (Recipient) for the second time about his plan to visit Syracuse, saying that his previous letter must have not reached Recipient who was staying in Glen Haven Wa... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garr...
Samuel Joseph May forwards to William Lloyd Garrison a circular which he wishes Garrison to publish in the pages of the Liberator, if he has not already done so, stating that William Brown has "done the Under G... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, to Samuel Joseph May, June 14,...
Writing to Samuel J. May (Recipient), Samuel May Jr. (Writer) says he has been keeping track of Recipient’s activities in Europe through his letters to the family members and in the Antislavery Standards. After... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Leicester, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Ga...
Samuel Joseph May informs William Lloyd Garrison that he and Mary Anne Estlin are en route to Boston, and that Estlin and Sarah Pugh have been visitors at his household for the past week. May writes that he can... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garr...
Samuel Joseph May writes William Lloyd Garrison that the arrangments have been made for Garrison's lectures in Syracuse, informing him that they have secured use of Shakspeare Hall on the 8th, and at Oneida on ... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, N.Y., to Maria Weston Chapman...
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Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Concord, N.H., to Samuel Joseph May, May ...
Writing to Samuel J. May (Recipient), Samuel May Jr. (Writer) reports on his experience in Concord, NH, where he preached for two Sundays. He announces his new post at the Massachusetts Antislavery Society and ... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., 21 Cornhill, Boston, to Samuel Joseph May...
Samuel May Jr. (Writer) agrees with Samuel J. May (Recipient) that Frederick Douglass deserves criticism, but says Mr. Wallcut, Wendell Phillips, and William Lloyd Garrison advise Recipient not to get into a co... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, to Samuel Joseph May, Oct. 30,...
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... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garr...
Samuel Joseph May writes William Lloyd Garrison inviting him to the antislavery convention to take place on January 7-9, and requests that should Garrison be unable to attend that he assist May in persuading Ge... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, to Samuel Joseph May, June 11,...
Samuel May Jr. expresses his disappointment at the decision of Samuel J. May not to visit New England, and tries to persuade him to make the visit as it was planned. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garr...
Samuel Joseph May writes to William Lloyd Garrison that it upsets him that it must appear to Houghton that both he and Garrison had "abandoned our peace principles". May writes that Houghton has the erroneous i... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to Samuel May, Mar. 1...
Samuel Joseph May says that he has been trying to get the New York Legislature to provide for an equitable distribution of the lands of the Onondaga Indians. He thinks that the "National Anti-Slavery Standard" ... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Cambridge, [Mass.], to William Lloyd Ga...
Samuel Joseph May expresses his sorrow to learn of William Lloyd Garrison's illness, and assures him that were he not informed that Garrison was not receiving visitors on account of his condition, he would go t... More
Letter from Samuel May, Leicester, [Mass.], to Samuel Joseph May, Marc...
May says that he has heard favorable criticisms of certain articles written by Samuel Joseph May for "The Christian Register." He objects to the idea of Samuel Joseph May giving money to the "National Anti-Slav... More
Letter from John Parkman, Staten Island, [N.Y.], to Samuel Joseph May,...
Parkman informs Samuel Joseph May that he knew about the exclusion of his article on the Thomas Sims case and that he protested against it. He said that the reason the country subscribers received copies of "Th... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May and Harriet Minot Pitman, Haverhill, [Ma...
In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Samuel Joseph May discusses opposition to the abolitionist cause, saying, "it seems to me that our opposers are doing every thing to help us." He then tells of his visi... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, to Samuel Joseph May, February...
Samuel May Jr. (Writer) praises a report of the Massachusetts Antislavery Society written by Samuel J. May (Recipient), and expresses his disappointment in that Recipient did not visit him while attending a mee... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, to Samuel Joseph May, February...
Samuel May Jr. (Writer) praises a report of the Massachusetts Antislavery Society written by Samuel J. May (Recipient), and expresses his disappointment in that Recipient did not visit him while attending a mee... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, South Scituate, [Massachusetts], to Wil...
Samuel Joseph May writes to William Lloyd Garrison sharing his "great disappointment" at not seeing Garrison while he was in Boston. May says he wants Garrison to "give us on the 4th [of July] an answer to Mr. ... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, to Samuel Joseph May, July 20,...
Samuel May Jr. (Writer) asks whether Samuel J. May (Recipient) could visit Leicester in August and give an address, or, if he cannot, he might visit Writer in summer to discuss some troubling matters such as th... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, to Samuel Joseph May, July 20,...
Samuel May Jr. (Writer) asks whether Samuel J. May (Recipient) could visit Leicester in August and give an address, or, if he cannot, he might visit Writer in summer to discuss some troubling matters such as th... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Brooklyn, CT, to Samuel Joseph May, June ...
Writing to Samuel J. May (Recipient), Samuel May Jr. (Writer) talks about the future arrangement for the Brooklyn (CT) society to which he has delivered his last sermon, and asks Recipient to visit Brooklyn to ... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, to Samuel Joseph May, March 16...
Samuel May Jr. (Writer) asks Samuel J. May (Recipient) to look up some facts about the Massachusetts Constitution from a book he once borrowed from Recipient. He then goes on writing about his work in Brooklyn,... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, to Samuel Joseph May, Monday A...
Writing to Samuel J. May (Recipient), Samuel May Jr. (Writer) discusses some family matters such as visits, travels, illnesses, as well as the death of their mutual acquaintance, Mr. John Williams. In discussin... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Boston (21 Cornhill), to Samuel Joseph Ma...
Samuel May Jr. (Writer) says he called a committee immediately upon receiving the letter from Samuel J. May (Recipient). The rest of the letter mainly discusses the plans for the annual meeting to be held in Sy... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., 21 Cornhill, Boston, to Samuel Joseph May...
Samuel May Jr. (Writer) reports to Samuel J. May (Recipient) on the decision made by the Executive Committee of the American Antislavery Society not to allow its agents to participate in local movements and cau... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garr...
Samuel Joseph May writes William Lloyd Garrison declaring that a letter received from Abby Kelley Foster leads him to conclude that his own previous letter to Garrison was "misunderstood". May asserts that neit... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garr...
Samuel Joseph May informs William Lloyd Garrison that he has delivered a "long and faithful sermon on Daniel Webster" which he is presently working upon to convert it to a written editorial piece for publicatio... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garr...
Samuel Joseph May writes William Lloyd Garrison concerning the preparations being made for their celebration of the "Rescue of Jerry" to be held on October 1st. May states that they have secured a meeting hall ... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Boston, to Samuel Joseph May, January 18,...
Samuel May Jr. (Writer) explains to Samuel J. May (Recipient) that he took the position he did at the Executive Committee meeting of the American Antislavery Association (reported in his previous letter to Reci... More
Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garr...
Samuel Joseph May informs William Lloyd Garrison that he has received a letter from Lucy Stone stating that "the Cholera" had broken out in New York City. May asserts that there is "no truth in the report", and... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., 21 Cornhill, Boston, to Samuel Joseph May...
Samuel May Jr. (Writer) agrees with Samuel J. May (Recipient) that Frederick Douglass deserves criticism, but says Mr. Wallcut, Wendell Phillips, and William Lloyd Garrison advise Recipient not to get into a co... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester, to Samuel Joseph May, Sunday, ...
Samuel May Jr. (Writer) tells Samuel J. May (Recipient) that copies of John G. Palfrey’s tract on the inter-state slave trade will be ready soon, and asks Recipient how many copes he would like to have and how ... More
Letter from Samuel May, Jr., [Syracuse], to Samuel Joseph May, July 12...
Samuel May Jr. (Writer) writes to Samuel J. May (Recipient) at the desk of Recipient who is absent from home. Writer says he has read Recipient’s correspondence with John Pierpont, and praises Pierpont’s intell... More