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Letter from John Parkman, Cape Elizabeth, [Maine], to Samuel May, July 29, [1845?]

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Holograph, signed.Title supplied by cataloger.Parkman expresses his disapproval of some of the language in a drafted version of "A Protest Against American Slavery by Unitarian Ministers" sent to him by Caleb Stetson, but states, "still I do not like to withhold my signature on these accounts exactly - to a document which on the whole pleases me so much." Parkman suggests amendments and asks May for his advice.
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Correspondence
  4. History
  5. May, Samuel, Jr. 1810 1899
  6. Parkman, John 1883
  7. Slaver
  8. United States

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