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Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to Richard Davis Webb, March 11, 1856

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Holograph, signed.Title supplied by cataloger.May discusses shipments of books and other material. He says that he doubts if William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips ever met Amelia M. Murray. May says that he and his friends have been amused by the mistake of certain French and Belgian newspapers in thinking that Nathaniel Prentiss Banks was an African American. May mentions Edward Everett's political campaigning and says that "it is pitiable to see this old hack running round for votes."
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Correspondence
  4. Everett, Edward 1794 1865
  5. History
  6. May, Samuel, Jr. 1810 1899
  7. Slaver
  8. United States
  9. Webb, Richard Davis 1805 1872

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