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Draft of a letter from Samuel May, to Edwin Thompson, July 23, [1887]

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Holograph, signed.Title supplied by cataloger.Envelope includes original postage stamp.May's writing on the envelope reads, "Edwin Thompson July 23. Check -$20 sent him July 15."This drafted letter is written on the inside of an open Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society envelope that was sent to Samuel May in Leicester. The return address reads, "Mass. Total Abstinence Society, Hon. Oliver Ames, President. Benj. R. Jewell, Sec. and Treas. If not delivered in 5 days, return to No. 36 Bromfield St., Boston." This letter appears to be a response to Thompson's letter to May from July 18, 1887: see MS B.1.6 v.12, p.8.
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Correspondence
  4. History
  5. May, Samuel, Jr. 1810 1899
  6. Slaver
  7. Thompson, Edwin 1809 1888
  8. United States

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