Lupton, Joseph

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Addressed to May at "Anti-slavery Office, Cornhill, Boston."Correspondence has original postage stamp.Holograph, signed.May's handwriting near the address reads, "Rec'd Oct. 23, '52."Title supplied by cataloger.Lupton announces that he is sending a box of contributions for the Anti-Slavery Fair. He mentions the great success of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and suggests changing the title of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society so as to avoid conveying the impression that it is a purely local society. Lupton gives an account of the contents of the box of contributions and mentions the Earl of Carlisle as being friendly to the anti-slavery cause.

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