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Letter from Frederick William Chesson, London, [England], to Samuel May, Jr., March 12th 1870

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Frederick William Chesson informs Samuel May, Jr. that he has read the latter's letter to William Evans (the treasurer of the Testimonial Fund for George Thompson), to whom Chesson delivered the draft to "Two hundred and forty one pounds 18/.." Chesson recounts that both he and Evans concurred that it might be preferable to invest the net sum of the subscriptions in "American stock" so as to better benefit Thompson, and states his assurance that William Bright would agree with them were his health well enough for him to be consulted on the matter. Chesson relays some of the arrangements concerning the distribution of testimonial subscription funds to Thompson.
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Chesson, F. W. (Frederick William) 1833 Or 1834 1888
  4. Correspondence
  5. England
  6. History
  7. Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
  8. May, Samuel, Jr. 1810 1899
  9. Slaver
  10. Social Reformers
  11. Thompson, George 1804 1878
  12. United States

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