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Letter from Samuel Joseph May, South Scituate, [Massachusetts], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1839 June 25

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Samuel Joseph May writes to William Lloyd Garrison sharing his "great disappointment" at not seeing Garrison while he was in Boston. May says he wants Garrison to "give us on the 4th [of July] an answer to Mr. [John Quincy] Adams' letter" as it will be "appropriate both to the time and place." He claims Adams has "heretofore appeared to stand forth as the chamption of the Abolitionists upon the floor of Congress" and recommends that Garrison address Adams' letter "incidentally" in the course of his speech. May then suggests Garrison arrive "on the 3d that you may be fresh and full of strength for the duties of the 4th," and also that he does not bring his children as "it will certainly be too much for them." In the postscript, May states that George Russell has sent him "a pretty good ode for the 4th" and that he will take another one from "the Songs of the Free - perhaps Cheever's."
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. Adams, John Quincy 1767 1848
  3. Anniversaries, Etc
  4. Antislavery Movements
  5. Correspondence
  6. Garrison, William Lloyd 1805 1879
  7. History
  8. Lectures And Lecturing
  9. May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph) 1797 1871
  10. Slaver
  11. Social Reformers
  12. United States

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