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Letter from Martha J. Henshaw, West Brookfield, [Massachusetts], to Samuel May, [18]53 Jan[uary] 26th

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Henshaw, Martha J

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.In this letter to Samuel May, Martha J. Henshaw notifies May that the West Brookfield Anti-Slavery Sewing Society has "a fund in their Treasury of sixteen dollars and four cents, [and] are desirous of having the same expended for Anti-Slavery lectures in their own town ..." She copies the resolutions adopted at their last meeting, inviting Daniel Foster and Sallie Holley to lecture in West Brookfield and asking May when "the services of those agents could be obtained."
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Correspondence
  4. Henshaw, Martha J
  5. History
  6. May, Samuel, Jr. 1810 1899
  7. Slaver
  8. Social Reformers
  9. Societies
  10. Societies, Etc
  11. United States
  12. West Brookfield Anti Slavery Sewing Society
  13. Women
  14. Women Abolitionists

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