Oliver, John
Description
Holograph, signed.Title supplied by cataloger.Written on the professional stationery of the Moore Street Industrial Institution, 806 N. 4th Street, Richmond, "John Oliver, Superintendent."Oliver thanks May for a donation of $25. He says that he is reluctant to ask the old abolitionists for money and tells of getting a letter of recommendation from William Lloyd Garrison.
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Correspondence Manuscripts
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Digital CommonwealthKeywords
- Abolitionists
- Antislavery Movements
- Correspondence
- History
- May, Samuel, Jr. 1810 1899
- Oliver, John
- Slaver
- United States
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