Letter from W. S. Alexander, Cambridge, [Mass.], to Samuel May, Aug. 26, 1890
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Alexander, W. S
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Holograph, signed.Title supplied by cataloger.Addressed from 19 Lancaster Street.The accompanying envelope contains notes in May's handwriting. The original postage stamp has been removed.Alexander replies to an inquiry from May about the details of an execution in Louisiana. He says he heard the story from Sameul Wakefield, a Louisiana state senator. Alexander also sends a book about Benoit, an African American saint.
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- Abolitionists
- Alexander, W. S
- Antislavery Movements
- Correspondence
- History
- May, Samuel, Jr. 1810 1899
- Slaver
- United States
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