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Letter from Samuel May, Boston, to Richard Davis Webb, Nov. 10 and 11, 1861

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Holograph, signed.Title supplied by cataloger.May sends a box of anti-slavery books and pamphlets. He says he has sent 150 copies of the 27th annual report of the American Anti-Slavery Society and provides directions for their distribution. He acknowledges receipt of Webb's "The Life and Letters of Captain John Brown," which he praises highly, and he encloses a lock of John Brown's hair from Wendell Phillips. May mentions the circular letter sent out by the Ladies' Committee of the Anti-Slavery subscription committee.
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  1. Abolitionists
  2. American Anti Slavery Society
  3. Antislavery Movements
  4. Brown, John 1800 1859
  5. Correspondence
  6. History
  7. May, Samuel, Jr. 1810 1899
  8. Slaver
  9. United States
  10. Webb, Richard Davis 1805 1872

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