Wigham, Eliza
Description
Holograph, signed.Title supplied by cataloger.May's writing on the envelope reads, "Rec'd July 13, 1861."Envelope addressed to 221 Washington Street, Boston.Wigham thanks May for a shipment of books and sends her regrets for his poor health. She warns against a compromise with slaveholding, stating that the North is not adhering to true abolition principles and neither is General Benjamin F. Butler when he declares slaves are contrabands of war.
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Correspondence Manuscripts
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Digital CommonwealthKeywords
- Abolitionists
- Antislavery Movements
- Correspondence
- History
- May, Samuel, Jr. 1810 1899
- Slaver
- United States
- Wigham, Eliza