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Letter from George W. Putnam, Lynn, [Massachusetts], to Samuel May, 1851 Aug[ust] 10th

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Putnam, George W

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.George W. Putnam writes to Samuel May sending him the money they collected at "an excellent meeting in Haven Row Hopkinton last Sabbath." He says that "two dollars & a quarter were contributed by the audience" and "$2 more were contributed by a former old line anti Slavery man (now a Free Soiler) named L.H. Bowker." Putnam also mentions that "there was a Bogus quarter dollar of the worst kind among the money collected from the audience" which reduced the total amount collected to $4.
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Bowker, L. H. (Lovett H.)
  4. Correspondence
  5. History
  6. May, Samuel, Jr. 1810 1899
  7. Meetings
  8. Putnam, George W
  9. Slaver
  10. Social Reformers
  11. United States

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